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Creating The Future: Conceptualizing A How-To Guide To Creative Problem Solving, Paul D. Reali
Creating The Future: Conceptualizing A How-To Guide To Creative Problem Solving, Paul D. Reali
Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects
This project conceptualized a business-market book that would serve as a how-to
guide to Creative Problem Solving (CPS), filling a perceived gap in the current literature.
The conceptualization is culminated in a formal book proposal created to publishing
industry standards, which includes an annotated outline of the entire work and sample
chapters. While conceptualizing the book, current CPS models were re-conceptualized as
well, resulting in a proposed new approach to CPS which describes each process stage as
a competency, to be called the Creative Problem Solving: Competencies Model. The
competencies are briefly described, in anticipation of future research. The model’s …
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 …