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Designing And Delivering A Cps Workshop To Middle School Students; Designing And Delivering A Workshop To Introduce The Creative Problem Solving Process And Associated Divergent And Convergent Tools And Techniques To Middle School Children, Paul Guthart

Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects

This Master’s project write-up details my rationale, design and delivery of a two-day training seminar aimed at teaching middle school students and teachers a modified version of the formal process of CPS and associated divergent and convergent tools. The research supporting my decision to undertake the project is based on the undeniable need to educate children on creativity, creative thinking and problem solving skills. Being a father of a middle school aged child further emphasized the need to design a project that had personal meaning as well as give students the opportunity to learn these important skills. Contained in this …