Description
Creativity is a skill that can no longer be neglected in today's ever-changing world, which demands that we all continually adapt to new living conditions. School is still too often based on a stable society. The knowledge associated with it, and the traditional ways in which it is transmitted, seem to be a thing of the past. Post-modern man will have to be capable of adapting not only passively (rapid capacity to process an abundance of information) but above all actively. It seems vital that he be able to create (himself) in an original way from an increasingly complex environment that he will have to master - on pain of being created (manipulated) by the creations of others. To boost your creativity and that of your class, simple exercises that can be passed on to students will be proposed, such as Socratic dialogue, self-hypnosis, meditative letting go, spontaneous automatic self-expression (oral and written), flow state, brainstorming, etc.
Objectives
- Learn to go inside yourself to enable a deeper inner dialogue and thus better use of your own creative resources.
- Overcome your fears and imaginary limits, so you can "create your own life", especially when it comes to learning.
- Gain a better understanding of creative thinking and the factors that contribute to its development in different fields.
- Identify the conditions that need to be put in place to encourage creative thinking, and in particular to promote attitudes such as willingness to make mistakes and take risks, curiosity, hypothesis-building, self-confidence and openness.
- Develop tools/practices to stimulate students' creative thinking.
- Convey certain creative levers to staff members, and indirectly to beneficiaries/colleagues.
- Explore an ever-expanding range of different levels of creativity, in order to capture the "spirit of flow" and "creality" (e.g. "optimal & peak performance").
- Boost collaborative work and collective intelligence.
Contents
Simple exercises to stimulate creative thinking that can be passed on to students will be proposed and tried out, such as :
1) Socratic dialogue, maieutics
2) Self-hypnosis
- including spontaneous automatic self-expression (oral & written)
3) Meditative letting go
- to create a state of flow
4) Brainstorming
Methodology
Using concrete examples from problematic professional experience :
- Time for a variety of creative thinking practices through better mental/emotional/body management:
- Solo work on oneself
- Duo work between participants
- Duo work with the trainer behind closed doors and/or in front of the group (on a voluntary basis) to illustrate the full potential of this kind of approach. - Role-playing and working in sub-groups to enable a better
- Sharing experience in intervision/supervision
- Teaching aid (29 p.) & bibliographical references
Dates
To be determined/at your convenience, subject to availability:
1) the trainer's other commitments to ifc, cecafoc, etc. BUT generally speaking, as a full-time freelancer, I have a great deal of flexibility.
2) your training centers
Target audience
Anyone willing to make a sincere commitment and take an active part in the exercises, so that the training and each person's presence benefit them and the group as a whole.
Prerequisites
None required!
Apart from kindness, enthusiasm and open-mindedness.
Note to participants: sincere commitment and active participation in the exercises are essential if this training and your presence are to benefit you and the group.
Duration
3 consecutive days
(if unfortunately this is not possible, this training can be given in 2 days or even 1 day)
(Ideally residential & 1 or even 2 refresher and in-depth sessions, i.e. 3×3 days)
Training location
To be determined
Financial file
To be determined