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Transcript of 1 Creativity pendidikan teknologi dan vokasional.
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Chapter Highlights
1.1 Definition and Concept of Creativity
1.2 Definition and Concept of Innovation
1.3 The Need for Creativity and Innovation
1.4 Stimulants to Creativity
1.5 Obstacles to Creativity
Visual Intelligence Problems
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Connect all nine dots with four (4) straight continuous lines without your pen (or pencil) leaving the paper.
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Connect all of the sixteen circles shown below, using six contiguous straight lines.
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Rearrange so that the triangle points to the left instead of right by moving 3 circles.
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Lateral Thinking Problems
A man who couldn't swim fell off a yacht into deep water. He was not wearing anything to keep him afloat. It took 30 minutes for the people on the yacht to realize someone was missing, and the man was rescued two hours later. Why didn't he drown?
My life can be measured in hours,I serve by being devoured.Thin, I am quickFat, I am slowWind is my foe.What am I?
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Six eggs are in a basket. If six individuals each take one of the eggs, then how come one of the eggs is still left in the basket?
Three switches outside a windowless room are connected to three light bulbs inside the room. How can you determine which switch is connected to which bulb if you may enter the room only once?
CREATIVITY
Definition a cognitive activity that results in a new or novel way of viewing a problem or situation
Involves the ability to avoid the traps of problem solving:
Mental sets
Functional fixedness
Misrepresentation of the problem
Characteristics of a Creative Person
1.Knowledgeable and intelligent
2.Personality self-confident and not afraid to be wrong or look foolish
3.Motivation willing to make the cognitive investment and effort to develop a solution
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Creativity
The process of producing something that is both original and worthwhile
Creative individuals show creative productivity, producing inventions, insightful discoveries, artistic works, revolutionary paradigms
Creative individuals usually have creative lifestyles, characterized by flexibility, no stereotypical behaviors, and nonconforming attitudes
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Its How Much You Produce
Creative individuals can come up with many different ways to solve problems
Its What You Know
What distinguishes remarkably creative individuals from less remarkable people is their expertise and commitment to their creative endeavor
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Its Who You Are
Role of personality and motivation in creativity.
Intrinsic motivation (enjoyment of the creative process) is essential to creativity, whereas extrinsic motivation (fame, fortune) actually may impede creativity.
Its Where You Are
External factors that contribute to creativity.
Context (time, space, resources) of creative work
Creative Thinking Principles
Separate idea generation from evaluation
Test assumptions
Avoid patterned thinking
Create new perspectives
Minimize negative thinking
Take Prudent risks
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Separate idea generation from evaluation
Divergent vs Convergent. Dont do both, it wont do either one well.
Creative Thinking vs Critical Thinking.
The best way to get ideas is to defer judgments.
Test Assumptions
We see only what we think we see.
Reality vs Optical illusions
Imagination Exercise
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Everyday Assumptions
We cant be effective unless we know how to test assumptions.
E.g. as simple as daily decisions we do everyday.
Breakthrough solutions bear jokes.
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeking with new eyes.
How to test assumptions? Follow Albert Einstein answer.
Avoid Thinking Patterned
Try any body exercises (for instance youll see natural and unnatural of behaving and thinking.
Breaking out of a rut by breaking habit bound thinking.
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Create new perspectives
There can be no creative product without a creative perspective.
E.g. Archimedes who found the principle of displacement and Art Fry who found Post-it note.
Keeping sight of the big picture.
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Minimize negative thinking
What is your typical 1st reaction when someone proposes a new idea?
Exercises: Take five minutes and write down every negative response you can think of to a new idea.
Develop balanced responses:
Try viewing ideas as raw material
Every time you hear a new idea, train yourself to think or say , whats good about it?
Used balanced response to evaluating new ideas
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Take prudent risk
A failure is an opportunity to start over again, but more intelligently Henry Ford.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, and is nothing.
Individual Assignment
Select any creator or inventor and discuss their creativity according to creativity principles that have been covered in the class.
Submission before 1200hrs , 7th October 2014.
Lucky selected student will present during class on 10th October 2014.
Group Assignment
Find one simple group activity that encourage creativity and innovation among group members/class and present it during next lecture (10th October 2014). Activity may consist cognitive, psychomotor or affective value.
Each group will be given 5-15 minutes to conduct the activity.
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