Digital Commons Network^™

Fostering Metacognition In Cps Training – Tools And Techniques, Anna Packham

Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects

Metacognition is described as the awareness of one’s own cognitive processes, as well as the ability to regulate them. This Master’s project provides an insight into how metacognition can be integrated into a Creative Problem Solving training with the aim of enhancing the participants’ understanding of relevant strategies employed in the context of creative thinking, enabling them to accelerate the application of their learning outside the training environment. A toolkit for metacognitive instruction within a CPS training is provided, consisting of specific tools as well as guidelines and suggestions for the trainer.

A Workshop In Creative Problem Solving Skills To Enhance Resilience In Low-Socioeconomic Status Black Males, Najja A. Bouldin

Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects

Abstract

Creative problem solving skills are an important tool in many areas of life. This project is a written account of what a workshop and coaching methods for Black males of low socio-economic status (SES) who attend an intensive creative problem solving skill-strengthening boot camp to enhance resiliency looks like in real time. This a workshop of creative problem solving skills and resilience enhancement, a intensive intervention based on Creative Resilience work and low socio-economic Black males’ engagement in this CPS by increasing awareness of the need to change and/or enhance creativity and resilience. Participants in a six module, group, …