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Creative Thinking

Cluster Career management

Target group

Members of the Doctoral Schools

Key words

Creative thinking, thinking techniques

Contents

This highly interactive training will give you the means to explore, use and share your creative potential on a very practical level. You will leave this course with a heightened awareness of your own abilities to rethink any given situation, a number of practical creative thinking tools and a mindset that sees changes as the only true constant.

Basic tools to:

  • rethink your (problem solving) thinking
  • make smarter use of both your logical and creative capabilities
  • provoke creative solutions pro-actively

Basic principles of creative thinking:

  • Observation, perception and the creative mindset
  • Rules of the game
  • The creative process

Divergent thinking:

  • Thinking techniques that produce new ideas
  • Thinking techniques that create positive alternatives to any given situation

Convergent thinking:

  • Techniques that help you to choose, combine and enrich ideas
  • Transforming ideas into solutions
  • From solutions to actionable points

Level

All PhD students

Teacher

Karl Raats

Teaching and learning material

Handouts

Teaching methods

Interactive seminar, incl. some preparation/thinking at home

Number of participants

14

Language

English

Evaluation methods and criteria (doctoral training programme)

Non-periodic continuous assessment; 100% participation

Time schedule & Venue

Course code
Dates Hours
Teaching room

CT-1213-01
10, 11 & 12 October 2012
9:00-17:00
Day 1 & 2: Teaching room 5A, Fac. of Psychology and Educational Sciences, H. Dunantlaan 2, Gent
Day 3: Teaching room 4A, Fac. of Psychology and Educational Sciences, H. Dunantlaan 2, Gent
full
CT-1213-02 17, 18 & 19 October 2012
9:00-17:00 Day 1 & 2: Teaching room 5A, Fac. of Psychology and Educational Sciences, H. Dunantlaan 2, Gent
Day 3: Teaching room 4A, Fac. of Psychology and Educational Sciences, H. Dunantlaan 2, Gent
full
CT-1213-03 26, 27 & 28 November 2012
9:00-17:00 Teaching room 5A, Fac. of Psychology and Educational Sciences, H. Dunantlaan 2, Gent full
CT-1213-04 5, 6 & 7 December 2012
9:00-17:00 Day 1 & 2: Teaching room 4A, Fac. of Psychology and Educational Sciences, H. Dunantlaan 2, Gent
Day 3: Teaching room 4B, Fac. of Psychology and Educational Sciences, H. Dunantlaan 2, Gent
full
CT-1213-05 16, 17 & 18 January 2013
9:00-17:00 Teaching room 5A, Fac. of Psychology and Educational Sciences, H. Dunantlaan 2, Gent full
CT-1213-06 6, 7 & 8 February 2013
9:00-17:00 De Brug, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 45, Gent full
CT-1213-06b 20, 21 & 22 February 2013 9:00-17:00 Teaching room 4A, Fac. of Psychology and Educational Sciences, H. Dunantlaan 2, Gent full
CT-1213-07 11, 12 & 13 March 2013 9:00-17:00 De Brug, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 45, Gent full
CT-1213-08 6, 7 & 8 May 2013 - new dates
9:00-17:00 De Brug, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 45, Gent full
CT-1213-09 22, 23 & 24 April 2013 9:00-17:00 Fac. of Psychology and Educational Sciences, H. Dunantlaan 2, Gent
Day 1: room 4D
Day 2: room 2D
Day 3: room 5A
full
CT-1213-10 13, 14 & 15 May 2013 9:00-17:00 De Brug, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 45, Gent full

Registration procedure

To register or to add your name to the waiting list, send an e-mail to doctoralschools@UGent.be, mentioning your name, surname, student ID number, department, Doctoral School, the title of the course and the course code.

Registration fee

Free of charge for the members of the Doctoral Schools