Eco-Creative training: Wider competences

profiling session for green design in

chemical engineering

University of Ljubljana,Slovenia

Faculty of EducationStanislav Avsec

Tadeusz KościuszkoCracow University of Technology Poland

Pedagogy and Psychology CentreAgnieszka Szewczyk-Zakrzewska

CREATIVE THINKING TRAINING COURSE

A creative thinking training is a set of exercises that

are designed to:

unlock, expand and develop abilities of non-stereotypical

and innovative approaches to problem-solving.

involved intellectual operations in the creative process,

are associated with categorizing, memory, and imagination.

creativity training can become a tool to work on the

problem that interests us but it is also a tool for

personality development and discovery of new (often

locked) areas of possibilities of our cognitive and social

activity.

CREATIVE THINKING TRAINING COURSE three essential phases:

• establish good communication (skillful listening, asking questions)

1 ACCLIMATIZATIO

N AND TEAM BUILDING

• clarify mutually expectations, rules and standards that are applied to training participants

1ACCLIMATIZATIO

N AND TEAM BUILDING

2 HEURISTIC

RULES

fixation (introduced in the first phase)

heuristic rules that are applied during a workout and problem-solving activities

collaboration in teams should be promoted.

refraining from immediate

judgment of the person or an

idea.

a criticism is allowed only in a

constructive way.

participants have to encourage each other to generate and presenting surprising and original ideas.

CREATIVE THINKING TRAINING COURSEthree essential phases:

3EMPOWERMENT

Mutually peer- and/or instructor-scaffolding training

to reinforce participants to cross the clichés of thought. In this phase a violation of

rules could appears and it is important to warn students

to be streamed with the training

CREATIVE THINKING TRAINING COURSE three essential phases:

Creativity training Day 1

improving communication

skills, motivation and

breaking locks of the participants of the each team.

non-verbal sculptures

totem

unusual names (Indian

style)

Creativity training Day 2

Develop the capacity for mental

operations:abstraction, deductive reasoning, inductive

reasoning, making associations, and metaphorising.

crushing, repairing and

building.

such definition of

objects

"What would happen if the shoes come to

life"

CONCLUSIONS

It can therefore be concluded that the

group of freshman students of the Faculty

of Chemical Engineering and Technology

after participating in two days creativity

training showed a more creative

possibilities than at the beginning of

classes.

CONCLUSIONS

Any action that is aimed at developing the

creative possibilities entity, and at the same

time allows interoperability in the group, it is

his actions creative in itself.

CONCLUSIONS

Developing creative abilities of future

engineers is a task that obviously and

unambiguously activates and expands

knowledge (explicit and implicit).

Although the effects of these

interactions can present themselves

after a certain time of incubation

How to unlock

students’ creativity - suggestion

s

Encourage individual and/or group problem-

solving of engineering

problems through quizzes and challenges

When appropriat

e, place less stress

on algorithms

Introduce specialised training for students in their

specific area of study

Break training into

smaller units and

introduce

relaxation.

Identify communication

problems both that of lecturers and

students, come up with, and implement

improvement strategies.

Reward innovativ

e thinkers.

Thank you for the attention

Cracow, September 29, 2015