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101 activities for teaching creativity and problem solving / Arthur VanGundy.

By: VanGundy, Arthur B.
San Francisco : Pfeiffer, A Wiley Imprint, c2005San Francisco, California, USA : Pfeiffer, A Wiley Imprint, ©2005Description: xi, 391 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.ISBN: 0787974021 (alk. paper); 9780787974022 (pbk).Other title: One hundred one activities for teaching creativity and problem solving | One hundred and one activities for teaching creativity and problem solving.Subject(s): Creative ability in business | Creative ability -- Study and teaching | Creative thinking -- Study and teaching | Problem solving -- Study and teaching | Organizational effectivenessDDC classification: 658.31244/V29 Other classification: Grad Online resources: Table of contents only | Publisher description | Contributor biographical information
Contents:
Creativity and problem solving -- Six key principles for encouraging creativity -- Linking problems, solutions, and activities -- Basic idea generation: "no brainers" -- Ticklers: related and unrelated stimuli -- Combinations -- Free association activities: "blue skies" -- Grab bag: miscellaneous activities -- Brainstorming with related stimuli -- Brainstorming with unrelated stimuli -- Brainwriting with related stimuli -- Brainwriting with unrelated stimuli.
Summary: "This book contains a compilation of 101 individual and group activities for solving_ problems and generating ideas. Each of the 101 engaging and though-provoking activities comes complete with full facilitator notes and advice on when and how to use the activity. This is the only book that offers idea-generation activities while simultaneously teaching the underlying problem solving and creativity techniques."--PUBLISHER DESCRIPTION.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-390).

Creativity and problem solving -- Six key principles for encouraging creativity -- Linking problems, solutions, and activities -- Basic idea generation: "no brainers" -- Ticklers: related and unrelated stimuli -- Combinations -- Free association activities: "blue skies" -- Grab bag: miscellaneous activities -- Brainstorming with related stimuli -- Brainstorming with unrelated stimuli -- Brainwriting with related stimuli -- Brainwriting with unrelated stimuli.

"This book contains a compilation of 101 individual and group activities for solving_ problems and generating ideas. Each of the 101 engaging and though-provoking activities comes complete with full facilitator notes and advice on when and how to use the activity. This is the only book that offers idea-generation activities while simultaneously teaching the underlying problem solving and creativity techniques."--PUBLISHER DESCRIPTION.

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