Questioning Toolkit
Essential Questions These are questions which touch our hearts and souls. They are central to our lives. They help to define what it means to be human. Most important thought during our lives will center on such essential questions. What does it mean to be a good friend? If we were to draw a cluster diagram of the Questioning Toolkit, Essential Questions would be at the center of all the other types of questions. All the other questions and questioning skills serve the purpose of "casting light upon" or illuminating Essential Questions. Most Essential Questions are interdisciplinary in nature. Essential Questions probe the deepest issues confronting us . . . complex and baffling matters which elude simple answers: Life - Death - Marriage - Identity - Purpose - Betrayal - Honor - Integrity - Courage - Temptation - Faith - Leadership - Addiction - Invention - Inspiration. Essential Questions are at the heart of the search for Truth. Essential Questions offer the organizing focus for a unit.
Where Creativity Comes From
Creativity has enabled humans to conquer every corner of this planet. Indeed our yen for innovation is one of the most salient characteristics of our kind. Yet our species is not the only one given to inventiveness. The old adage about inventiveness, of course, is that it stems from necessity. Research on humans faced with scarcity echoes van Schaik’s orangutan findings. So where does creativity come from? Similarly, studies of a variety of bird species, as well as spotted hyenas, have shown how individuals that are more eager to explore new things tend to be the most innovative ones. The youngsters’ lackluster performance on the hook-and-bucket challenge may stem in part from the conditions under which the experiments were carried out. A new wrinkle in the innovation story emerged on September 14, when Christian Rutz of the University of St.
(Almost) Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Creativity
1Share Synopsis To be creative can be as simple as seeing something everyone else sees, but thinking what no one else thinks about it. What does it mean to be creative? Creativity is effective novelty. How do creative people think? Creative people tend to utilize a wide range of thinking skills. We have another book in the works that will describe additional strategies for thinking that are common to creative people. In fact, a by-product of having many creative avocations is that creative people have a wider range of knowledge, experience, skills, and techniques to mix and match in novel, interesting and unexpectedly useful ways. Do creative people think differently from ordinary people? Not really. Are creativity and intelligence the same thing? Intelligence and creativity are not the same thing. So high test scores and great grades do not necessarily set creative people apart, especially when young. What can people do to improve their creative potential?
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Changing how we think about change – Benefit Mindset – Medium
“The way we are trying to change the world is not going to work, and it’s never going to work” This is the bold statement Deborah Frieze offers as she opens her TEDx talk. In this wonderful video, Deborah offers us a new map for navigating the potential for transformative change in big systems like health care, education and business. Two loops: How systems change Deborah’s research suggests that all dominant systems rise to their peak before turbulence starts to show and then move into decline. When systems start to decline and signs of turbulent show, new alternatives appear. Over time these communities name the common change they are working towards, connect with each other, self-organise to nourish their collective efforts and illuminate their stories so others can find them. “You’ll never change things by fighting the existing reality. Four roles To create healthy new systems, Debora highlights four roles we can play. Being mindful of our opportunities
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Realistic Lateral Thinking Puzzles
Lateral Thinking Puzzles, unlike most puzzles, are inexact. In a sense, they are a hybrid between puzzles and storytelling. In each puzzle, some clues to a scenario are given, but the clues don't tell the full story. Your job is to fill in the details and complete the story. You can try solving these puzzles on your own -- that's certainly a legitimate way to go about this -- but usually you can have more fun if you involve other people. Warning: For some reason, these puzzles have a tendency to be rather morbid. The scenarios given on this page are realistic, if unlikely.
Esercizi di pensiero laterale realistico
[HOME - BASE Cinque - Appunti di Matematica ricreativa] Situazioni paradossali che potrebbero realizzarsi nel mondo come noi lo conosciamo 1. La grande muraglia cineseUn italiano che non è mai stato in nessun altro paese vede la Grande Muraglia Cinese con i suoi propri occhi. Informazioni addizionali: non sta guardando una fotografia né un quadro; non sta guardando un filmato; sta guardando e vedendo la vera Grande Muraglia Cinese; non si trova in Cina. Come si spiega? 2. il gelato crema e cioccolato era nel freezer; il freezer era in cantina. 3. era in casa da solo e un ladro gli aveva sparato; non era di giorno; dopo che gli avevano sparato aveva fatto una telefonata. 4. dopo un'ora circa quel signore si sveglia di nuovo e fa un'altra telefonata. 5. l'uomo non è incontinente; è perfettamente sveglio; è perfettamente consapevole del fatto che sta orinando; si trova in mezzo ad altre persone. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Risposte & riflessioni 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
When Does Real Learning Happen? – Tanmay Vora
Learning, the real learning, happens… When you are intentional about learning When you are driven by an intrinsic need to advance and not only by external triggers and rewards. When you ask more questions to get to the WHY of things (and then to what and how) When you carry an open frame of mind that is receptive When you look for process and patterns even in discrete situations And when you use your understanding to connect the dots and look at a larger picture When you enjoy the process of learning without getting too anxious about the results and goals. Insights, Resources and Visual Notes on Leadership, Learning and Change!
