Eco-Creative training: Wider competences profiling session for green design in chemical engineering University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Faculty of Education Stanislav Avsec

CREATIVE THINKING TRAINING COURSE  A creative thinking training is a set of exercises that are designed to :  unlock, expand and develop abilities of non- stereotypical and innovative approaches to problem- solving.  involved intellectual operations in the creative process, are associated with categorizing, memory, and imagination.  creativity training can become a tool to work on the problem that interests us but it is also a tool for personality development and discovery of new (often locked) areas of possibilities of our cognitive and social activity.

CREATIVE THINKING TRAINING COURSE three essential phases: establish good communication (skillful listening, asking questions) 1 ACCLIMATIZATI ON AND TEAM BUILDING clarify mutually expectations, rules and standards that are applied to training participants 1 ACCLIMATIZATI ON AND TEAM BUILDING

2 HEURISTIC RULES fixation (introduced in the first phase) heuristic rules that are applied during a workout and problem- solving activities collaboration in teams should be promoted. refraining from immediate judgment of the person or an idea. a criticism is allowed only in a constructive way. participants have to encourage each other to generate and presenting surprising and original ideas. CREATIVE THINKING TRAINING COURSE three essential phases:

3 EMPOWERMENT Mutually peer- and/or instructor-scaffolding training to reinforce participants to cross the clichés of thought. In this phase a violation of rules could appears and it is important to warn students to be streamed with the training CREATIVE THINKING TRAINING COURSE three essential phases:

Creativity training Day 1 improving communication skills, motivation and breaking locks of the participants of the each team. non- verbal sculptures totem unusual names (Indian style) Creativity training Day 2 D evelop the capacity for mental operations : abstraction, deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning, making associations, and metaphorising. crushing, repairing and building. such definition of objects "What would happen if the shoes come to life"

CONCLUSIONS It can therefore be concluded that the group of freshman students of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology after participating in two days creativity training showed a more creative possibilities than at the beginning of classes.

CONCLUSIONS Any action that is aimed at developing the creative possibilities entity, and at the same time allows interoperability in the group, it is his actions creative in itself.

CONCLUSIONS Developing creative abilities of future engineers is a task that obviously and unambiguously activates and expands knowledge (explicit and implicit). Although the effects of these interactions can present themselves after a certain time of incubation

How to unlock students’ creativity - suggestions Encourage individual and/or group problem- solving of engineering problems through quizzes and challenges When appropriate, place less stress on algorithms Introduce specialised training for students in their specific area of study Break training into smaller units and introduce relaxation. Identify communication problems both that of lecturers and students, come up with, and implement improvement strategies. Reward innovative thinkers.

Thank you for the attention Cracow, September 29, 2015