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Sketching As Visual Dialogue.Pdf, Andreas Luescher Dec 2015

Sketching As Visual Dialogue.Pdf, Andreas Luescher

Andreas Luescher

Sketching is one of the earliest known forms of communication. It’s a record of thoughts, ideas and visions. It may sound simple, but it’s actually quite complex, because the expression of sketching varies according to an individual’s personal style, visual thinking and imagination, and is also related to one’s context and culture.  Sketching is a form of auto-reflection that encourages the mirroring of events that may not be noticed by the conscious mind, and daydreams that occur frequently in different working and life settings. For architects, these sketches can reveal the desire for a different and more intimate relationship between …


The Future Of Learning Assessments, Geoff Masters Feb 2015

The Future Of Learning Assessments, Geoff Masters

Prof Geoff Masters AO

Processes for assessing student learning are undergoing fundamental transformation, according to Geoff Masters.


Oral History Interview With Arnoud De Meyer: Conceptualising Smu, Arnoud De Meyer Aug 2014

Oral History Interview With Arnoud De Meyer: Conceptualising Smu, Arnoud De Meyer

Arnoud DE MEYER

The interview covered: first involvement with Singapore, tertiary education in Singapore, business schools, role of university, city campus.

Biography:

President, SMU, 2010–present

Professor De Meyer became the fourth president of SMU in September 2010. A leader and well-known scholar in management studies, his research interests include manufacturing and technology strategy, management of R&D and innovation, management under conditions of high uncertainty and for novel projects, management and innovation in Asia, the globalisation of Asian firms, and e-readiness in Europe. He publishes widely in academic journals and books.

For twenty three years, Professor De Meyer was associated with INSEAD where he …


Measuring Critical And Creative Thinking Ability, Ray Philpot Apr 2014

Measuring Critical And Creative Thinking Ability, Ray Philpot

Ray Philpot

Critical and Creative Thinking (CCT) is a core 21st Century competency. Is CCT ability a single, coherent construct that can be accurately measured, however? The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) conceives CCT as a general capability that consists of four interrelated elements: Inquiring, Analysing, Generating and Reflecting. A study was carried out that tested whether CCT as defined by ACARA is a single construct that can be applied across school levels from Year 1 to Year 10. Trial data consisted of responses from 4,954 students in 48 Victorian Primary and Secondary schools to (various subsets of) 312 assessment …


Solving Problems Paradoxically And Creatively, Salma A. Hadeed Dec 2013

Solving Problems Paradoxically And Creatively, Salma A. Hadeed

salma a hadeed

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Creative Thinking-Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, And 8, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Jan 2012

Creative Thinking-Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, And 8, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Hal Blythe

Explore, Evaluate, Expand, Express: Academic Success and the EKU Experience is the product of an 18 month long project to develop and design a textbook to be used in the orientation classes. The book was an entirely in-house project, from content development to copyright and printing. It is available in the EKU Bookstore for $19.60 (fall 2011).


Creative Thinking-Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, And 8, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2010

Creative Thinking-Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, And 8, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

Explore, Evaluate, Expand, Express: Academic Success and the EKU Experience is the product of an 18 month long project to develop and design a textbook to be used in the orientation classes. The book was an entirely in-house project, from content development to copyright and printing. It is available in the EKU Bookstore for $19.60 (fall 2011).