This session is the third in a 3-part series entitled “C3 (Critical, Creative and Collaborative) Inquiry for the 21st Century”

Part Three: Creativity & Innovation Through Critical Thinking

During this webinar participants consider how the framework for critical thinking supports students in developing their capacity for creativity and innovation. By examining four fronts of creativity – Opportunity, Community, Fluency and Rigor – participants consider ways they can create the conditions that allow students to engage with authentic issues. Combined with the intellectual tools that support quality thinking participants explore powerful ways to nurture critical and creative thought.

Audience: K-12

Resources:

• The Critical Thinking Consortium (TC2)
• Garfield’s slides
• Rex Jung, Creativity and the Brain (video)
• The Frienship Algorithm (video)
• Robert Weisburg, Creativity – Beyond the Myth of Genius (book)
• John Seely Brown on entrepreunerial learning (video)
• Ministry of Education Arts document, includes section on creativity (pdf)
• The History Teachers on YouTube: The Black Death
• Brainsteering

Other sessions in this series:

• Part 1: Establishing a Framework for Inquiry
• Part 2: Building a Community of Critical Thinkers