Creative Thinking What is creative thinking Creative Thinking

Creative Thinking

What is creative thinking ? • Creative Thinking is having the ability to use your own ideas, resources and inspiration, to help you think more creatively • Creative thinking is a process which involves lateral thinking and brainstorming and is the ability to generate new ideas and being able to think spontaneously • Creative thinking is exploring ideas, generating possibilities and looking for more than 1 right answer

The key words associated with creative thinking are : • • • • generative divergent lateral possibility suspended judgment diffuse subjective an answer right brain visual associative richness, novelty yes and

What are the methods and different types of creative thinking ? • There are 3 main types of creative thinking which include the following: • Lateral • Metaphoric • Methodology - Creative problem solving (CPS) – Divide the situation into two parts both divergent and convergent. – 50% should be spent on understanding the situation. – 50% should be spent on developing a solution for the situation. • the methods are : Creative thinking methods: evolution, synthesis, revolution, reapplication and changing direction

In conclusion Creative thinking = positive thinking

Critical Thinking

What is critical thinking ? • The ability to think clearly and rationally • Includes engaging in reflective and independent teaching • Understand logical connections between ideas • Identify construct and evaluate arguments • Solve problems systematically • Identify the relevance and importance of ideas • Reflect on the justification of ones own beliefs and values

What are some of the critical thinking skills ? 1. Interpretation 2. analysis 3. Evaluation 4. Inference 5. Explanation 6. Self regulation

Universal intellectual values of critical thinking: 1. Clarity 2. Accuracy 3. Precision 4. Consistency 5. Relevance 6. Sound evidence 7. Good reasons 8. Depth 9. Breadth 10. Fairness