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Creative Problem Solvers
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What are some key attributes of Creative Problem Solvers?
- Creators of new and original content or solutions
- Innovative
- Independent Thinkers
- Empathetic
- Adept at identifying, investigating, analyzing and connecting knowledge and relevance of a problem or challenge
- Challenge existing boundaries and ideas
- Display solid reasoning skills
- Able to work collaboratively with others and communicate effectively
How will we help grow Creative Problem Solvers?- Create a culture of innovation
- Maximize student centered learning opportunities
- Create personal and authentic learning experiences
- Link curriculum to students’ interests, strengths and aspirations
- Support acquisition of deeper learning skills
- Connect learning to the world outside of the classroom
- Support ability to be self directed while also working collaboratively with others
- Help students know and use a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating novel artifacts and solving authentic problems
- Develop skills to use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions
Sources: Future Ready Schools; EdLeader21; ISTE Standards