This short PBS video describes the neurological basis of creativity and how outside ideas flow into the brain through encountering new experiences and new perspectives (Practice C2), become refined and expanded through careful attention (critical thinking and reflection), and find salience through considering the relevance of our ideas to our contexts (Practice C1).
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Can you boost your creativity?
Video
3 minutes
By: PBS
K-12 educators | Leader-prep
Making connections:
Principled Innovation asks us to work with others and recognize the limits of our own knowledge so that we can better understand and tackle the complex issues our communities face.
What is a critical reflection? Introducing the “what, so what, now what” model
Video
3 minutes
By: University of Guelph
Book excerpt: how to close the critical thinking gap for all students
Article
12 minutes
By: Colin Seale
K-5 Card Deck Activity: Curiosity
Tool
20 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
It’s time to get serious about teaching critical thinking
Article
15 minutes
By: Inside Higher Ed, Jonathan Haber
What to trust in a post-truth world?
Video
18 minutes
By: Alex Edmans, TEDx