Innovative Solutions for Practical Issues in Education: Creative Action Methodology

1. Creative Action Methodology Innovative solutions for practical issues Speaker: : Prof. dr. P.V.A. DelnoozFunctions: - Professor at Avans University of Applied Sciences - Founder Mind Management AcademyTel: : 06 12 654 133Email: : delnooz.p@planet.nlWebsite: : www.mindmanagement-academy.nlKeywords : Academic education; Innovative solutions; Research methodology; Philosophy of science science; Quality and innovation educational institutes

2. Innovative solutions for practical issues

3. Innovation remains a serendipity? Or is it possible to give it a structural place into the educational system?

4. Creative Action Methodology Education, but in a different way.. • Historical overview • Characteristics of Creative Action Methodology • Issues in raising the quality of a thesis • Barometer

5. Traditional approach - The teacher knows the truth - The teacher creates structure Creative Action Methodology • The teacher knows the truth doesn’t exist, the teacher knows alternative points of view - The teacher creates chaos, doubt

6. Phase 1, The selection of a practical issue The quest for passion!! the prevention of aids; fighting illiteracy; shoplifting; children suffering from stress; to sell a house (smell); building a bridge or tunnel

7. Phase 2, Workshops and lectures Practical issue Creativity Critical thinking Philosophy Paper

8. Examples: critical thinking • The use of concepts as IQ or the quality of a thesis • Conflicting theories • The formula to calculate the sample size (z * 0.5/ ⱱN) • Statistical correlations as scientific prove (stalks) • The indetermination of theories

9. Examples: philosophy • The theoretical indetermination of theories

10. Examples: creative thinking (brainstorm, multi disciplinary thinking) • The safety of a highway • The prevention of aids • Fighting illiteracy • Shoplifting • Children suffering from stress • How to sell a house (smell) • How to build a tunnel for a train

11. Phase 3: The research Paper insufficient placement & traditional thesis Sufficient Research proposal Research Academic Thesis (paper + research)

12. Characteristics Creative Action Methodology: • No instructions but advices and discussions • The student has to decide!! • The present way of thinking is being discussed • The classroom is a living room • No judgments !!! • Logical ánd creative thinking, stimulate hypothesizing • Multi disciplinary approach

13. Characteristics course: • Angry students and teachers • Students feel temporarily uncertain • Evaluation of teachers • Instruction results into “a fail” • About 20 percent of the students fail to “learn” • About 20 percent of the teachers fail to “teach”

14. International characteristics course: • Informal living room versus the hierarchical classroom • Discussion versus instruction • Learning orientation or job orientation • The educational level of the teachers • The culture in the country of the placement

15. How to judge a thesis: • Dublin descriptors • Empirical knowledge • Theoretical knowledge • Analytical skills • Creativity • COBO & thesis barometer, www.mindmanagement-academy.nl

16. Create a better world! Creative Action Methodology