We can all become divergent in thought, whatever our age.
Being divergent is an alternative way of looking at things, an alternative way of connecting ideas.
Being divergent is an attitude that can be trained and developed.
To learn to think divergently we must constantly train ourselves while having clear in our mind the goals we want to achieve.
Divergent thinking makes it possible to examine problems from different points of view, and to reformulate them in new terms so as to obtain a global vision of the situation and grasp the links between the parts that constitute it.
Creativity
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Creativity does not reside in the new idea itself but in the kind of link we establish between thoughts, and in the way we connect them.
Creativity is the effort we make when we experience something new but don’t possess the right resources to manage it yet.
Creativity is what lets us find out new strategies and new tools to meet our goals.
Creativity is the result of divergent thinking.
Creativity is a natural potential ability that must be trained.
Creativity is necessary and inescapable for progress.
Creativity is something individual as well as something social.
Creativity generates innovation at a very high speed.
Problem-Solving
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Problem-Solving is the multi-faced process that allow us to recognize the right answer among the others, generate new or alternative solutions, develop unexpected or original ideas about how to combine resources, see the potential of things and imagine how we can exploit it differently, generate new knowledge.
Problem-Solvingenables progress.
Problem-Solving is the Convergence of Divergents.
Teaching
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Teaching is both a profession and a discipline. It is the science of knowledge development.
Learners are the active, free and productive agents who can acquire and produce knowledge, innovation and progress.
Teacher’s job is to let learners develop skills and competences through the active mergers of different kinds of knowledge that can take place thanks to social learning, relevant tasks, and problem-solving tools connected to them.
Teacher’s job is to challenge learners and motivate them to go far and beyond their current abilities.
Techer’s job is to stimulate learners’ creativity and turn them into potential active agents of progress and success.