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*identify the cognitive abilities and behavior that enable the development of innovative proposals.
 
*identify the cognitive abilities and behavior that enable the development of innovative proposals.
 
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*understand the mechanisms and the different phases of the creative process.
*use the systematic heuristic tools with consciousness and flexibility : techniques for problem exploration, methods for idea generation and evaluation techniques.
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Contents

Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship Master Program

Creativity Course

Objectives, Skills and Learning Outcomes

Provide the students with the abilities to

  • understand the complexity of the creative capacity of a system,
  • identify the cognitive abilities and behavior that enable the development of innovative proposals.
  • understand the mechanisms and the different phases of the creative process.
  • use the systematic heuristic tools with consciousness and flexibility : techniques for problem exploration, methods for idea generation and evaluation techniques.
  • participate actively in a creative group.

Program

1. The concept of creativity

  • The notion of 'creativity': about terminology and myths.
  • Creativity in the perspective of humanistic epistemology: Theories about creative thinking; Parameter of measure of creative thinking; Mental blocks and the importance of perception.
  • Creativity in the perspective of Natural Science: creativity as a systemic capacity; the concept of 'self-organisation' and the importance of chance.

2. The creative process

  • Basic mechanisms and phases.
  • Individual process versus team work
  • The CPS model - Creative Problem Solving
  • The creative process in the systemic perspective

3. The systematic heuristic of the creative process

  • Rules that promote creativity.
  • Methods and techniques that stimulate creative thinking: The principals; An overview.
  • Techniques of problem exploration: The 'Redefinition of the Problem'; The 'Mind Map'; The 'Functional Analysis'; The 'Morphological Box'.
  • Methods of Idea Generation: 'Brainstorming' and the derivatives; 'Synectics' and Analogies; 'Forced Relationship'.
  • Evaluation techniques: Intuitive techniques; Matrixes

Visit the IET Creativity Course Website.