Speaker: : Prof. dr. P.V.A. Delnooz

Functions: - Professor at Avans University of Applied Sciences- Founder Mind Management Academy

Tel: : 06 12 654 133Email: : delnooz.p@planet.nl Website: : www.mindmanagement-academy.nl

Keywords : Academic education; Innovative solutions; Research methodology; Philosophy of science science; Quality and innovation educational

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Creative Action Methodology

Innovative solutions for practical issues

Innovative solutions for practical issues

Innovation remains a serendipity?

Or is it possible to give it a structural place into the educational system?

Creative Action Methodology

Education, but in a different way..

- Historical overview- Characteristics of Creative Action Methodology- Issues in raising the quality of a thesis- Barometer

Traditional approach

- The teacher knows the truth - The teacher creates structure

Creative Action Methodology

-The teacher knows the truth doesn’t exist, the teacher knows alternative points of view- The teacher creates chaos, doubt

Phase 1, The selection of a practical issue

The quest for passion!!

the prevention of aids; fighting illiteracy; shoplifting; children suffering from stress; to sell a house (smell);building a bridge or tunnel

Phase 2, Workshops and lectures

Practical issue

Creativity Critical thinking Philosophy

Paper

Examples: critical thinking

- The use of concepts as IQ or the quality of a thesis

- Conflicting theories

- The formula to calculate the sample size (z * 0.5/ ⱱN)

- Statistical correlations as scientific prove (stalks)

- The indetermination of theories

Examples: philosophy

- The theoretical indetermination of theories

Examples: creative thinking (brainstorm, multi disciplinary thinking)

- The safety of a highway

- The prevention of aids

- Fighting illiteracy

- Shoplifting

- Children suffering from stress

- How to sell a house (smell)

- How to build a tunnel for a train

Phase 3: The research

Paper insufficient placement & traditional thesis

Sufficient

Research proposal

Research

Academic Thesis (paper + research)

Characteristics Creative Action Methodology:

- No instructions but advices and discussions

- The student has to decide!!

- The present way of thinking is being discussed

- The classroom is a living room

- No judgments !!!

- Logical ánd creative thinking, stimulate hypothesizing

- Multi disciplinary approach

Characteristics course:

- Angry students and teachers

- Students feel temporarily uncertain

- Evaluation of teachers

- Instruction results into “a fail”

- About 20 percent of the students fail to “learn”

- About 20 percent of the teachers fail to “teach”

International characteristics course:

- Informal living room versus the hierarchical classroom

- Discussion versus instruction

- Learning orientation or job orientation

- The educational level of the teachers

- The culture in the country of the placement

How to judge a thesis:

- Dublin descriptors

- Empirical knowledge

- Theoretical knowledge

- Analytical skills

- Creativity

- COBO & thesis barometer, www.mindmanagement-academy.nl

Create a better world!

Creative Action Methodology