Teaching Creative Problem Solving Skills. - Presentation Transcript
Teaching Creativity
Bernie Dodge, San Diego State University
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According to Forrester Research
1 in 9 jobs in the US information
technology industry will move
overseas by 2010.
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According to Forrester Research
1 in 9 jobs in the US information
technology industry will move
overseas by 2010.
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Visit India's office parks and you'll see
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Visit India's office parks and you'll see
chartered accountants preparing American
tax returns,
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lawyers researching American lawsuits, and
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lawyers researching American lawsuits, and
radiologists reading CAT scans for US hospitals.
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To flourish in this age,
we'll need to supplement
our well-developed high
tech abilities with
aptitudes like....
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the ability to create artistic and emotional
beauty,
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the ability to create artistic and emotional
beauty,
to detect patterns and opportunities,
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the ability to create artistic and emotional
beauty,
to detect patterns and opportunities,
to craft a satisfying narrative, and
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the ability to create artistic and emotional
beauty,
to detect patterns and opportunities,
to craft a satisfying narrative, and
to come up with inventions the world didn't
know it was missing.
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Course Goals
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Course Goals
Use specific techniques to improve creative thinking
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Course Goals
Use specific techniques to improve creative thinking
Identify problems that invite creativity
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Course Goals
Use specific techniques to improve creative thinking
Identify problems that invite creativity
Design a lesson that promotes creativity while teaching
something else
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How Are You Creative?
Write down 10 instances in which you did something creative
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Case 1
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Dr. Sandra Hall
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Elegant Solutions
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Elegant Solutions
The iPhone
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Elegant Solutions
The iPhone
The double helix
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Elegant Solutions
The iPhone
The double helix
Slumdog Millionaire
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Elegant Solutions Make
You Smile
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Elegant Problems
Fluency of responses
Flexibility of problem space
Room for elaboration
Opportunities for original answers
A worthiness factor
Potential for elegant solutions
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How do you know when
you’ve posed an elegant
problem?
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Can We Improve the
Wanted Poster Project?
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Give students more
opportunities to generate
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Give students more
opportunities to transform
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Circle the correct answer
The men was/were walking down the street.
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Circle the correct answer
The men was/were walking down the street.
Write a seven-word sentence with
was as the third word
____ ____ was _____ _____ ___ ______.
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What would you do to
make the periodic table an
elegant problem?
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Case 2
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What would you do to turn
this into an elegant
problem?
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Technique 1: Brainstorming
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Technique 1: Brainstorming
Page 311
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Brainstorming
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Brainstorming
Name a leader and recorder
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Brainstorming
Name a leader and recorder
Define the topic being brainstormed
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Brainstorming
Name a leader and recorder
Define the topic being brainstormed
Set rules: everyone contributes, respect the leader, no answers
are bad, go for quantity, all answers recorded
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Brainstorming
Name a leader and recorder
Define the topic being brainstormed
Set rules: everyone contributes, respect the leader, no answers
are bad, go for quantity, all answers recorded
Set a time limit and stop when you get there
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Brainstorming
Name a leader and recorder
Define the topic being brainstormed
Set rules: everyone contributes, respect the leader, no answers
are bad, go for quantity, all answers recorded
Set a time limit and stop when you get there
Go through the list and pick out the promising ideas
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Problem: How can we
improve NE 271?
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LUNCH BREAK
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Technique 2: Idea Box
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Technique 2: Idea Box
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Task for Learners:
Write a Short Skit
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Type Song Event #1 Event #2
1 1 1 1
Comedy Rap Trip Accident
2 2 2 2
Drama Ballad Surprise Birth
3 3 3 3
Crime Hymn Visitor Party
4 4 4 4
Romance Heavy Metal Class Gift
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Type Song Event #1 Event #2
1 1 1 1
Comedy Rap Trip Accident
2 2 2 2
Drama Ballad Surprise Birth
3 3 3 3
Crime Hymn Visitor Party
4 4 4 4
Romance Heavy Metal Class Gift
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Problem: How can we
improve SAGE?
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Events Services Media Participants
1 1 1 1
Social Guest Spkrs Web DE Students
2 2 2 2
Educational Conferences Pod/Webcast Alumni
3 3 3 3
Field Trips Networking Email Professionals
4 4 4 4
Outreach Advocacy Wiki Faculty
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Technique 3: Brute Think
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Technique 3: Brute Think
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Melioration
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Melioration
Ability to make combinations of disparate ideas
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Melioration
Ability to make combinations of disparate ideas
A valuable skill for an information society
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Melioration
Ability to make combinations of disparate ideas
A valuable skill for an information society
Not explicitly taught in schools
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Melioration
Ability to make combinations of disparate ideas
A valuable skill for an information society
Not explicitly taught in schools
Described by David Passig, Bar-Ilan University
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Melioration
Ability to make combinations of disparate ideas
A valuable skill for an information society
Not explicitly taught in schools
Described by David Passig, Bar-Ilan University
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Exercise
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Exercise
Group A, generate a list of concepts, ideas about lobsters
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Exercise
Group A, generate a list of concepts, ideas about lobsters
Group B, generate a list of concepts about balloons
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Exercise
Group A, generate a list of concepts, ideas about lobsters
Group B, generate a list of concepts about balloons
Group C, generate a list of concepts about Communism
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Exercise
Group A, generate a list of concepts, ideas about lobsters
Group B, generate a list of concepts about balloons
Group C, generate a list of concepts about Communism
Then I’ll give you a problem
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Exercise
Group A, generate a list of concepts, ideas about lobsters
Group B, generate a list of concepts about balloons
Group C, generate a list of concepts about Communism
Then I’ll give you a problem
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Homework
Read the Passig articles.
Start your lesson. Go as far as the Task and Introduction.
Choose a chapter from Michalko to teach others next time and
make slides for it.
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