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Towards a Creative Thinking & Towards a Creative Thinking & Innovation Pavilion for aInnovation Pavilion for a
Virtual Museum of the Future: Virtual Museum of the Future:Synectics, “Everywhere,” and …?Synectics, “Everywhere,” and …?
NMC Creativity Symposium inNMC Creativity Symposium in
Second LifeSecond Life
Ted M. Kahn, Ph.D. DesignWorlds for Learning, Inc. &
Creativity Research:Creativity Research:1950’s: J.P. Guilford (USC)1950’s: J.P. Guilford (USC)120 Different Intellectual Skills120 Different Intellectual Skills
The Act of CreationThe Act of CreationArthur Koestler:Arthur Koestler:
The Act of CreationThe Act of CreationArthur Koestler:Arthur Koestler:““Bissociation”Bissociation”
Creativity Research: 1960’sCreativity Research: 1960’sCreative Personality and Creative Personality and
Development of Creative Thinking Development of Creative Thinking in Educationin Education
• • Institute for Personality Institute for Personality Assessment & ResearchAssessment & Research (Psychology (Psychology Dept., U.C. Berkeley)--funded by Dept., U.C. Berkeley)--funded by Carnegie CorporationCarnegie Corporation
• • Development of Creative Thinking Development of Creative Thinking Curricular Products for K-12Curricular Products for K-12 (e.g, Edward (e.g, Edward de Bono, Covington, Crutchfield, de Bono, Covington, Crutchfield, et al.)et al.)
• • Creative Thinking TestsCreative Thinking Tests (e.g, Paul (e.g, Paul Torrance)Torrance)
Creativity: 1970’sCreativity: 1970’s
• • Computer models/simulation of Computer models/simulation of creative thinking and problem-solving creative thinking and problem-solving (e.g., Newell & Simon’s General (e.g., Newell & Simon’s General Problem-Solver (GPS) programProblem-Solver (GPS) program
• • Birth of Cognitive Science--and Birth of Cognitive Science--and dominance of Information Processing dominance of Information Processing Models of all kinds of thinking and Models of all kinds of thinking and cognitive taskscognitive tasks
Creativity: 1980’sCreativity: 1980’s
• • Intrinsic Motivation and social psychology Intrinsic Motivation and social psychology of creativity (Teresa Amabile, now at of creativity (Teresa Amabile, now at Harvard Business School)Harvard Business School)
• • Creative expression tools and Creative expression tools and explorations using personal computersexplorations using personal computers
Creativity: 1990’sCreativity: 1990’s
• • Creativity and Creative Thinking are Creativity and Creative Thinking are situatedsituated activitiesactivities: : Social, Temporal Social, Temporal and Environmentaland Environmental (IRL/Lave & Wenger: (IRL/Lave & Wenger: Situated Learning and Cognition; Situated Learning and Cognition; “Communities of Practice”)“Communities of Practice”)
• • Systems views of Creativity and “Flow”: Systems views of Creativity and “Flow”: Interactions between Knowledge Interactions between Knowledge Domains and Social Practices (Mihalyi Domains and Social Practices (Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi)Csikszentmihalyi)
Most everyday “real world” Most everyday “real world” learning and professional learning and professional
development are development are socialsocial, , informalinformal, and situatedsituated
activitiesactivities Informal Learning at WorkInformal Learning at Work
• “• “Compressed Conflict” or ”Book Compressed Conflict” or ”Book
Title” Title”
(e.g., oxymoron phrases, such as (e.g., oxymoron phrases, such as “deafening silence”)“deafening silence”)
Making the Familiar Strange…Making the Familiar Strange…
Synectics Groups:Synectics Groups:The Process (George Prince)The Process (George Prince)
EverywhereEverywhere(Moshe D. Caspi, 1977)(Moshe D. Caspi, 1977)
• • Different spaces have different Different spaces have different qualities to develop and stimulate qualities to develop and stimulate thinking and creative self-education:thinking and creative self-education:
• • Fantasy RoomFantasy Room
• • Common Sense RoomCommon Sense Room
• • Room of digging into the pastRoom of digging into the past
• • Room of projecting into the futureRoom of projecting into the future
Towards a Virtual Museum of the Towards a Virtual Museum of the Future Future
A Futures Community-based A Futures Community-based learning & learning & knowledge garden knowledge garden — — co-designed and co-designed and
maintained by teens & college studentsmaintained by teens & college students
Some Important Related WebSome Important Related WebLinks & ResourcesLinks & Resources
• • For more information on the Virtual Museum of For more information on the Virtual Museum of the Future and Creativity in Education, the Future and Creativity in Education, Synectics and “Everywhere”:Synectics and “Everywhere”: