"All I Really Need to Know (About Creative Thinking)
I Learned (By Studying How Children Learn) in Kindergarten
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Mitchel Resnick
MIT Media Lab
Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
+1 617 253 9783
mres@media.mit.edu
ABSTRACT
This paper argues that the "kindergarten approach to
learning" - characterized by a
spiraling cycle of Imagine,
Create, Play, Share, Reflect,
and back to Imagine - is
ideally suited to the needs of the 21
st
century, helping
learners develop the creative-thinking skills that are critical
to success and satisfaction in today's society. The paper
discusses strategies for designing new technologies that
encourage and support kindergarten-style learning,
building on the success of traditional kindergarten
materials and activities, but extending to learners of all
ages, helping them continue to develop as creative thinkers. "
"The ParentCamp experience, by design, is a hybrid "unconference" opportunity for parents and teachers to come together and model the four core beliefs highlighted in Beyond the Bakesale by Anne T. Henderson, et al. The experience levels the playing field, putting all stakeholders in a circle for actual, face-to-face discussion about what is best for kids. It's important to understand the difference between a traditional conference and the unconference feel we worked to bring to ParentCamp. "
IQ was a popular measurement but it did not capture the type of thinking that generated novel solutions to urgent predicaments.
First, creativity is not equivalent to intelligence. Second, divergent thinking is central to the concept of creativity. Third, we can develop tests to measure divergent thinking skills.
What is the relationship between creativity and intelligence? How do we measure creativity? And what, exactly, is creativity?
undergrads were better at solving insight-based problems when they tested during their least optimal time
participants who played a difficult working memory game known as the n-BACK task scored higher on tests of a fundamental cognitive ability known as fluid intelligence: the capacity to solve new problems, to make insights and see connections independent of previous knowledge.
Cognitive flexibility, the ability to switch between thinking about two concepts or consider multiple perspectives simultaneously
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