creative action methodology innovative solutions for practical issues
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Speaker: : Prof. dr. P.V.A. Delnooz
Functions: - Professor at Avans University of Applied Sciences- Founder Mind Management Academy
Tel: : 06 12 654 133Email: : [email protected] Website: : www.mindmanagement-academy.nl
Keywords : Academic education; Innovative solutions; Research methodology; Philosophy of science science; Quality and innovation educational
institutes
Creative Action Methodology
Innovative solutions for practical issues
Innovative solutions for practical issues
Innovation remains a serendipity?
Or is it possible to give it a structural place into the educational system?
Creative Action Methodology
Education, but in a different way..
- Historical overview- Characteristics of Creative Action Methodology- Issues in raising the quality of a thesis- Barometer
Traditional approach
- The teacher knows the truth - The teacher creates structure
Creative Action Methodology
-The teacher knows the truth doesn’t exist, the teacher knows alternative points of view- The teacher creates chaos, doubt
Phase 1, The selection of a practical issue
The quest for passion!!
the prevention of aids; fighting illiteracy; shoplifting; children suffering from stress; to sell a house (smell);building a bridge or tunnel
Phase 2, Workshops and lectures
Practical issue
Creativity Critical thinking Philosophy
Paper
Examples: critical thinking
- The use of concepts as IQ or the quality of a thesis
- Conflicting theories
- The formula to calculate the sample size (z * 0.5/ ⱱN)
- Statistical correlations as scientific prove (stalks)
- The indetermination of theories
Examples: philosophy
- The theoretical indetermination of theories
Examples: creative thinking (brainstorm, multi disciplinary thinking)
- The safety of a highway
- The prevention of aids
- Fighting illiteracy
- Shoplifting
- Children suffering from stress
- How to sell a house (smell)
- How to build a tunnel for a train
Phase 3: The research
Paper insufficient placement & traditional thesis
Sufficient
Research proposal
Research
Academic Thesis (paper + research)
Characteristics Creative Action Methodology:
- No instructions but advices and discussions
- The student has to decide!!
- The present way of thinking is being discussed
- The classroom is a living room
- No judgments !!!
- Logical ánd creative thinking, stimulate hypothesizing
- Multi disciplinary approach
Characteristics course:
- Angry students and teachers
- Students feel temporarily uncertain
- Evaluation of teachers
- Instruction results into “a fail”
- About 20 percent of the students fail to “learn”
- About 20 percent of the teachers fail to “teach”
International characteristics course:
- Informal living room versus the hierarchical classroom
- Discussion versus instruction
- Learning orientation or job orientation
- The educational level of the teachers
- The culture in the country of the placement
How to judge a thesis:
- Dublin descriptors
- Empirical knowledge
- Theoretical knowledge
- Analytical skills
- Creativity
- COBO & thesis barometer, www.mindmanagement-academy.nl
Create a better world!
Creative Action Methodology