DPS teachers joined us tonight as part of their ongoing PDU sessions. Their energy and creativity was inspiring.
We examined COMBINATORY THINKING.
“Of all the mental processes studied by cognitive psychologists, the ones thought to be most relevant to creativity are conceptual combination, metaphor, and analogy.
When concepts are very different, you have to use the more complex strategies (to combine them) and these strategies result in the most novel and innovative combinations. The more similar two concepts are, the easier it is to use the simpler strategies of combining properties and values.”
–Keith. Sawyer, Creativity Psychologist
Einstein’s Technique-Combinatory Play
November 13, 2019 Combinatory Thinking