1. Critical and creative thought

4. Lamp

6. Bookcase made from crates

7. Mat made of plastic bags

9. Furniture made of wooden pallets

10. Key questions: What is critical and creative thinking?
Which steps can you take to solve problems?

11. Key words: Critical thinking: evaluation or judging of ideas.
Creative thinking: generation, production and formation of new ideas; thinking in different ways; bring ongewone of ander idees na vore.
Problem solving: offer solutions

12. Critical thinking You evaluate and judge everything
You ask questions about what you see, read or hear.
Is it a fact?
Is it a conviction?
Is it a generalization?
Is it important or key information?
Who said or wrote it?
When was it written or said?

13. Creative thinking Produce new ideas or solutions
You can find many possible solutions for many problems.
Teach yourself to think creatively:
Brainstorm ideas.
Draw pictures
Ask yourself questions.
Ask one question repeatedly and try to give a different answer every time.

14. Creative thinkers are:
Curious
Want to know the reasons behind decisions, solutions, events or facts
Ask many questions
See a need for improvement
Believe most things have solutions

15. Don’t judge new ideas as funny or weird.
Find problem solving interesting and challenging.
Aren’t afraid of making mistakes.
Don’t easily give up and keep on trying.

16. Summary
Critical thinking means you evaluate and judge ideas. You are not biased. You askquestions about what you read, hear or see.
Creative thinking generates, produces and forms new ideas.
To be able to solve problems you have to be able to think critically and creatively.

17. Newspaper lamp

18. Milk bottle garden tools

19. Cut above
Side show
Wrong end of the stick
Down-right stupid
Moral support
Half hearted
Beaten black and blue
Jack in a box
Heart to heart