1. Creative Thinking ICT Key Skills Project Work Nelli Lau

5. Negative Attitudes That Block Creativity 27 May 2010 Nelli Lau Oh no, a problem! It can’t be done. I can’t do it. But I’m not creative. I might fail. This is childish. What will people think?

6. Positive Attitudes for Creativity 27 May 2010 Nelli Lau ? - A believe that most problems can be solved. ? - Problems lead to improvement. Curiosity Challenge Ability to suspend judgement & criticism To see a need for improvement ? Seeing the good in the bad CREATIVITY

7. History of Thinking Skills in the UK 27 May 2010 Nelli Lau Year Development 1980s & early 1990s Philip Adey & Michael Shayer – ‘perhaps the best research and most robust evidence of the impact of thinking skills in the UK’ 1985 Nickerson, Perkins & Smith listed 30 different programs 1992 Sternberg & Berg approached to ‘teaching thinking’ - key elements to identify techniques 1993 Wallace & Adams – Thinking Actively in a Social Context (problem-solving) 1999 McGuinnes – Activating Children’s Thinking Skills 2001 Higgins – Thinking Through Primary Teaching

10. Think 1. Judge or regard; look upon; judge; 2. Expect, believe, or suppose; 3. Use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason; 4. Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; 5. Imagine or visualize; 6. Focus one's attention on a certain state; 7. Have in mind as a purpose; 8. Decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting; 9. Ponder; reflect on, or reason about; 10. Dispose the mind in a certain way; 11. Have or formulate in the mind;