Teaching Creative Thinking Mentoring Minds教授创造性思维的指导思想.pdfVIP

Teaching Creative Thinking Introduction What is Creative Thinking? • Ability • Attitude • Process Teaching Creative Thinking Introduction Creative thinking is the creation or generation of ideas, processes, experiences, or objects. Teaching Creative Thinking Introduction To be creative means to see the world and to see it in a way that is different from others. Thinking in this manner leads to innovation. Teaching Creative Thinking Introduction Edward DeBono believes… “...many highly intelligent people are bad thinkers Thinking is the driving skill with which each individual drives his or her intelligence.” (Edward DeBono’s Mind Power, 1995) Teaching Creative Thinking Introduction • Standardized tests use individual student performance to provide one measure of school achievement. – These tests are highly publicized measures of school success. – Thus, schools tend to teach to the test and to educate children to be test takers. Teaching Creative Thinking Introduction • Is test preparation all that students need to learn? • Are we adequately preparing students for the future? We have moved into an economy driven by ideas and innovation. • Are we providing students the opportunity to develop creativity?