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.
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Tool
5 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
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Video
3 minutes
By: Sustainability Illustrated
How to have moral courage and moral imagination
Video
3 minutes
By: The Ethics Centre
K-5 Card Deck Activity: Altruism
Tool
15 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
Book excerpt: how to close the critical thinking gap for all students
Article
12 minutes
By: Colin Seale