Criatividade e Educação

TED: Ideas Worth Spreading All children are born artists. The problem is to remain artist as you grow up ou If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with something original foram algumas das frases que marcaram esta conferência interessantíssima da TEDTalks proferida por Ken Robinson [parte 1] [parte 2], acerca da importância da criatividade, e do modo quase "violento" com que vamos "ceifando" a criatividade das crianças à medida que estas crescem.

Um tema que toca alguns posts já aqui colocados, sobre pensamento lateral.

Mind Mapping

Como ser mais criativo? Jacob Coss diz-nos, mais uma vez, como:

Force associations and connections
Pick a random word from a dictionary, a magazine, a website or wherever, and try to force connections between the word and the problem you’re solving. This could and should be combined with mind mapping and sketching.

E por falar em mind mapping... certamente já por variadas vezes vos aconteceu, começarem a pesquisar um determinado tópico, e deixarem-se ir por aí adiante até não ter mais fim... mais ou menos o que eu estou a fazer neste momento, perdida em paginas e mais paginas, umas levam a outras..
Bem, já há softwares feitos a pensar em nós - os Mind Mapping Software!

Eis alguns exemplos: Mindomo | Freemind

A minha próxima leitura...

Author : Bono, Edward De

Title : How to Have a Beautiful Mind

Description : People spend a fortune on their bodies, their faces, their hair, their clothes. Cosmetics, plastic surgery, diets, gym membership - everyone's trying to be more attractive. But there's an easier way to become a beautiful person. It doesn't have to be physical. No matter how you look, if you have a mind that's fascinating, creative, exciting - if you're a good thinker - you can be beautiful. And being attractive doesn't necessarily come from being intelligent or highly-educated. It isn't about having a great personality. It's about using your imagination and expanding your creativity. And it's when talking with people that we make the greatest impact. A person may be physically beautiful, but when speaking to others a dull or ugly or uncreative mind will definitely turn them off. In clear, practical language, de Bono shows how by applying lateral and parallel thinking skills to your conversation you can improve your mind. become creative and more appealing - more beautiful. 'Edward de Bono is a tool maker. His tools have been fashioned for thinking, to make more of the mind.' Peter Gabriel 'Edward de Bono is a cult figure in developing tricks to sharpen the mind.' The Times.

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