Don't miss these workshops in January! Places still available
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11th January, 26th January & 2nd February (3 half-day workshops)
Into print (3 half-day workshops)
led by Kate Williams
and
23rd January
Creative thinking processes: getting lost is good. Knowing how you
got lost is even better!
led by Tory Dunn
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FURTHER DETAILS
Into print
The context
Lecturers spend much of their time developing and supporting their
students’writing, and their own plans to write can get squeezed out
by day-to-day pressures. These workshops offer an opportunity for
participants to focus on their own writing, and to rehearse the
process, from idea to finished product.
The workshop process
All sessions are highly interactive, with paired and small group
work, and instant presentation and feedback. The sessions work
through enabling you to create and see your structures and plans,
with sketches and diagrams. Through these processes, they offer
opportunities for networking with other students.
The workshops
The workshops are designed as a sequence, so you should plan to
attend all three if at all possible.
Workshop 1: Mapping the process: Wednesday 11th January 2006 10.30-1.00
• Clarifying aims and objectives
• Planning and sequencing research
Workshop 2 : Form and Structure: Thursday 26th January 2006 10.30-1.00
• Developing a rationale
• Thinking about an outline
• Planning an introduction
Workshop 3 : Writing issues: Thursday 2nd February 2006 10.30-1.00
• Developing an argument
• Structures for writing
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Creative thinking processes: getting lost is good. Knowing how you
got lost is even better!
Background and issues
Learning in art, design and most other fields implies learning
methods to think creatively. Yet most of us have only been exposed to
generic brainstorming and mind mapping as methods of generating
ideas. What happens when we hit a creative block? What happens to a
student in a professional field if the client doesn’t like the
proposal? How do we analyse and evaluate the output of our
brainstorming? How can we be certain we are investing our efforts in
the best questions? This workshop introduces and provides
opportunities to try a number of techniques based on the work of
Edward deBono and others.
Participants
For tutors of Further or Higher Education students, teaching either
studio or theory-based courses.
Aims and Outcomes
The aim of the workshop is to give participants the experience of a
range of creative thinking techniques, presented in the context of
the overall creative process.
As an outcome of the workshop, participants should feel that they
will have broadened their vocabulary of creative thinking techniques,
and have a basis from which they can build these techniques into the
working methods that their students are learning.
Process
The workshop will include discussion of the techniques to be
explored, followed by opportunities to try out the methods. The
experience of participation in a series of creative thinking
sessions, some of which will focus on light issues, with others
examining real issues faced by the participants, is an important
feature of the day. There will also be discussion of specific
teaching and learning issues in this area.
Beginning with the notion “building in” creative effort
opportunities, the workshop progresses through defining a focus,
developing a focus into a broad range of ideas, and introduces the
notion of provocation and other techniques to disrupt predictable
thinking. The workshop also provides the opportunity to work with
methods to evaluate ideas that have been generated, and looks at
using creative thinking techniques to enhance team work.
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For booking http://cltad.ac.uk
or telephone 0207 514 8162
Workshops generally run from 10 15am - 4 00pm, at 65 Davies Street
London WC1
Cost unless specified on the booking form £155
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