sa high school presentation
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2 hour presentation made to two high schools: WillowRidge (900+ students and teachers) Vlakfontein (300+ students and teachers)TRANSCRIPT
Let's Stop Teaching & Help Our Students Learn More
Robert “Alan” Black, Ph.D., CSP
1+1 EqualsMore than 2Teaching Students/People How to Generate Hundreds of Ideas in Minutes to Produce New Solutions.
Cre
8ng™
Alan (Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP)
Overview& Plan
Who am I?
47 Jobs since 1960
Summer of 1977Summer of 1977
76 to 78 Volunteer w/Gifted76 to 78 Volunteer w/Gifted
Since 1998 wandering around globe
Who are U?
What I say will?
Coincide
CoincideCompliment
CoincideComplimentContrast
CoincideComplimentContrastContradict
Contradict
25 Years of Learnings
That have helped me & many others change their lives to help others.
In Honor of my greatest teacher
E.Paul Torrance, Ph.D.May his work inspire teachers
around the world for many years to come.
“If You Change the Way you Teach the Stars in Your Classrooms will Change.”
E. Paul Torrance, Ph.D.
All Born with Creative Potential.
Warming Up for Creative Thinking.
Beyonders™
Gift of Sharing (Pansy & Paul)
Manifesto for Children
Creative Potential can beDeveloped, Reawakened,Enriched, Expanded.
20 Traits of Creative Thinking lead to 52
Total Commitment to Field & Students
Correspond, Correspond, Correspond
Ooops!
Start!
1. Play it safe
2. Know your limitations : pigeonhole yourself
3. It's just a job, keep your mouth shut
4. Show you're the smartest guy in the room, make skepticism your middle name
5. Be the tough guy, demand to see the data
6. Respect history, always give the past \ the benefit of the doubt
7. Stop the madness before it can get started
Uncreative
Uncreative
8. Been there, done that. Use experience as a weapon
9. Keep your eyes closed... your mind too
10. Assume there is no problem
11. Underestimate your customers
12. Be a mentor, give sound advice to people who for you
13. Be suspicious of the "creatives"
14. When all else fails, act like a grown-up
Uncreativ
e
Uncreativ
e
What might we bedoing now that causes our studentsto be, act, think…
?
the Classroom
the Classroom
the Classroom
the Classroom
the Classroom
the Classroom
How we arrange our meeting and training rooms impacts the bonding, connecting,And the development of teams during our meetings and our classes.
Greek Theater - community focus
Formal theater seatingTends to separate people
Round tablesTend toSeparate people
Rectangular tables tendTo bring people closer together
Rigid classroom settingsDo not enhance connection
What?
Questions we ask…
What Else?
How? Questions we ask…
HowHowElse?Else?
Teaching tools we use…
?
Toys, Games
& Props
Teaching tools we use…
Heroes/Examples used…
Think/Act Like
Mavericks
w/Serious
Mix Fun
creative people spend
20 minutes looking at a orange juice box
because it says "concentrate."
The Manifesto for ChildrenE. Paul Torrance
The Manifesto for AdultsE. Paul Torrance & Garnet Miller
Creativity is Your ChoiceRobert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP (1983)
Daily make the choiceto be Creative in much to most of what you do.
Are you a
Who Are You?See possibilities
Self- knowledgeable
Self-actualizing
Self-disciplined
Sense of destiny
Sensitive
Severely critical of…
Specific interests
Synthesize correctly
Tolerant of ambiguity
Adaptable
Curious
Divergent thinker
Energetic
Fantasize, able to
Flexible thinker
Fluent
Future oriented
Humor
Idealistic
Imaginative
Independent
Ingenious
Learning, always
Non-conforming
Not motivated by money
Observant, highly
Open-ended
Original - uniqueness
Passionate about their work
Perceive world differently
Question asker
Circle, check, markall of the following traitsthat fit you now.
•Language Arts
•Mathematics
•Science
•Social Science
•Visual & Performing Arts
•Society/Classroom Behaviors
Su
bje
cts
Mentally, Physically,Socially, Psychologically,
Visually, Audibly, etc.
What is it?
WhatMightit be?
what is half of...
12
what is half of...
126, 1, 2, 1 x 6, 2 x 3,
11:30, 1/2 dozen
what is half of...
1 2X IItwe lve
IIIIII IIIIII
Other uses for a...BrickPaper clipWater bottleMarblesAsh trays
Thinking ToolsDivergent & Convergent
CreativeThinking
Tools
Checklisting
SCAMPER
- Substitute - Combine- Adapt- Magnify, Minify- Put to Other Uses- Eliminate- Reverse
CreativeThinking
Tools
ForcedRelationships
Animal (a-z) Product
CreativeThinking
Tools Idea Grid
Bread Meat Top’g Veg Fruit Snack Dessert
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5 SensingIdea Grids! Excursions?
Super Heroes!
CartoonsImaging!
Famous FolkAlphabetizing!
NandriTerima Kasih
Thank you lahNo worry mate
GrazieAbrigado
GraciasOrigato
DankeMerciGratis
Xie xie ni
Contact information
Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSPCre8ng People, Places & PossibilitiesP. O. Box 5805Athens, Georgia 30604
[email protected] [email protected]://www.cre8ng.com/