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
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
