1.2 Creative thinking in industries transcript
Education
The best teachers use creative thinking to come up with targeted and effective ways to deliver knowledge and engage their students. This might mean:
- inventing activities and games that will encourage learners to have fun while practising the target content
- considering alternatives to traditional methods of assessment
- imagining ways to bring the real world into the classroom and make learning activities more authentic.
Recent innovation in education includes the introduction of virtual and augmented reality activities and considering ways to incorporate artificial intelligence into lessons and assessment.
True or false
The blackboard is an innovation that transformed classroom instruction.
Answer: True. The blackboard, invented in the 19th century, was indeed an innovative teaching tool. It provided a visible surface for writing and drawing and significantly transformed the way information was presented and shared in classrooms.
Health
What a lot has changed since then! And all of it thanks to innovation and creative thinking by medical researchers, scientists and doctors.
Engineering
Creativity in engineering doesn’t mean that standards won’t be followed and that engineers will go rogue focusing on their personal artistic expression rather than safety and function.
When engineers use creative thinking, it’s often to solve complex design and implementation problems. Without creative thinking skills, the unexpected roadblocks that arise in engineering would bring work to a halt. Engineers need to use creative thinking to be able to imagine things that don’t exist yet and find ways around constraints, like time, budget, and materials.
Engineers often use creativity and innovation to develop solutions for environmental challenges. Engineers are at the forefront of developing and improving renewable energy technologies, such as solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal power, as well as energy storage, and sustainable transportation.
