UnitThe Art of Creative ThinkingPPT课件

1、Objectives Objectives Introduction of creative thinkingIntroduction of creative thinkingText analysis and follow-up Text analysis and follow-up exercisesexercises第1页/共61页Get Started1.Have you ever done anything creative, such as writing a poem or drawing a picture? Describe your experience briefly.2

2、.Who do you think is the most creative person the world has ever seen?3.What is creative thinking?4.Are there any creative inventions in our society? Give some examples.第2页/共61页 第3页/共61页Benjamin Franklin第4页/共61页第5页/共61页Newton 第6页/共61页 1.What qualities should one have to be an inventor?intelligent, h

3、ard-working, creative, imaginative, knowledgeable 第7页/共61页 2.Which do you think is the most important?The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. - Dee Hock, business visionary and creator of Visa第8页/共61页第9页/共61页Bringing into existence an ide

4、a that is new to youInnovationThe practical application of creative ideasAn innate talent that you were born with and a set of skills that can be learned, developed, and utilized in daily problem solving第10页/共61页Have a long processof trial and error.Try new ways to solve a problem.Try to combine new

5、 and old ideas.Look at a problem in as many ways as possible.So , how to be a creative person?第11页/共61页Five.Trees cant jump.1.When we cut a corner from a square-shaped desk with four corners, how many corners are left?2.Why can a frog jump higher than a tree?第12页/共61页Are the eyes of the same height

6、?Yes !第13页/共61页Can you only see a pot? Pay attention to the dark !Two faces !第14页/共61页Of course we can see an old man. Look more carefully ! What else can you see?another old man with a sticka young woman carrying a babyan animal第15页/共61页 electrically operated bike storage battery第16页/共61页 video pho

7、neheating wire electric blanket第17页/共61页第18页/共61页第19页/共61页candlewick第20页/共61页第21页/共61页Text: The Art of Creative Thinking第22页/共61页Begin Your Reading1) Read the article in a limited time of 25 minutes and finish all the exercises of it.2) Find out the definition of “creative thinking” according to the

8、 author.3) Find out the mind idea of each part.第23页/共61页Para. 1: Conclusion Creative thinking is essential. In _In _第24页/共61页Para. 2-5: Human CreativityPara. 2: A story of Henry Ford Para. 3: The elements of creationPara. 4: We do not form new ideas out of nothing. Only the creative minds can see po

9、ssibilities in them or connections among them.Para. 5: Your task as a creative thinker is to combine ideas or elements that are alrealy exist. 第25页/共61页Primary：mind (perception, ideas and feelings)Secondary: physical materialsOthers:Skill and technique第26页/共61页Creativity: 1+12creativityExisted eleme

10、ntsExisted ideasExisted elementsExisted elementsExisted ideasExisted ideas第27页/共61页Para. 6-8: Using AnalogyAnalogy: (类比）类比）It is a form of comparison, but unlike simile or metaphor which usually uses comparison on one point of resemblance, analogy draws a parallel between two unlike things that have

11、 several common qualities or points of resemblance. 第28页/共61页钱钟书经典语录钱钟书经典语录 吃饭有时很像结婚，名义上最主要的吃饭有时很像结婚，名义上最主要的东西，其实往往是附属品。吃讲究的东西，其实往往是附属品。吃讲究的饭事实上只是吃菜，正如讨阔佬的小饭事实上只是吃菜，正如讨阔佬的小姐，宗旨倒并不在女人。姐，宗旨倒并不在女人。第29页/共61页Para. 6: Put yourself into the shoes of an inventor. Para. 7: You can use an analogy from nature

12、to reach your model.Para. 8: You can applie the existing models to all creative thinking.Remember: the natural and ready-made models are only analogies. If you copy directly you are heading for trouble.第30页/共61页Para. 9-12: Widen Your Span of RelevancePara. 9: A story of Jethro Tull. Para. 10: invent

13、ors may have knowledge in more than one field.Para. 11: Too much knowledge may be a disadvantage.Para. 12: A larger potion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant, 第31页/共61页Para. 13-17: CuriosityPara. 13: Never lose a holy curiosity. Para. 14: Such curiosity is, or should be, the appetite

14、of the intellect.Para. 15: True curiosity is simply the eager desire to learn and know.Para. 16: We do have to be selective in our society.Para. 17: In creative thinking, curiosity is a way of learning something new.第32页/共61页Para. 18-22: Chance favors only the prepared mindPara. 18: A story about th

15、e float process invented by Sir Alastair Pilkington. Para. 19: Examples of other inventions which have been the result of such unexpected or chance occurrences.Para. 20: The example of Charles Goodyears discovery of the vulcanization of rubber in 1839第33页/共61页Para. 18-22: Chance favors only the prep

16、ared mindPara. 21: According to Charles Goodyear, the scientific discoveries are the result of the closet application and observation.Para. 22: In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind.第34页/共61页Lets Read It Again第35页/共61页The Art of Creative ThinkingCreative Thinking1. Human

17、Creativity2. Use Analogy3. Widen your span of relevance4. Curiosity5. Chance favors only the prepared mind第36页/共61页写作方法：分类法写作方法：分类法分类法分类法 A= （B,C,）当题目讨论对象当题目讨论对象A 过于广泛或者抽象的时候，我们过于广泛或者抽象的时候，我们可以把讨论对象具体化，对其加以分类。比如分成可以把讨论对象具体化，对其加以分类。比如分成两大类，那么素材就比原来增加了一倍，如果分成两大类，那么素材就比原来增加了一倍，如果分成三类，那么素材就是原来的三倍了。这样，我们

18、可三类，那么素材就是原来的三倍了。这样，我们可以写的内容成倍的增加了。需要强调的是，分类法以写的内容成倍的增加了。需要强调的是，分类法对同学们在考场里的思维清晰程度要求是比较高的，对同学们在考场里的思维清晰程度要求是比较高的，分类时应该尽可能全面、科学，否则有可能出现逻分类时应该尽可能全面、科学，否则有可能出现逻辑上的问题。辑上的问题。第37页/共61页Civilization写作方法：分类法写作方法：分类法Intellectual aspectCultural aspectMaterial aspect第38页/共61页Some people think old buildings shou

19、ld be destroyed and replaced with modern buildings. Do you agree or disagree?写作方法：分类法写作方法：分类法第39页/共61页提出一些老房子不能拆。那么可以写成三个分提出一些老房子不能拆。那么可以写成三个分论点：有特殊意义的老房子论点：有特殊意义的老房子 building of historic value, 非常漂亮的老房子非常漂亮的老房子 gorgeous historic buildings 和特殊的民居和特殊的民居 unique ethnic architecture提出老房子应该拆，分论点可写成两点：老房提出老房子应该拆，分论点可写成两点：老房子不安全子不安全 unsafe, 影响市容影响市容 spoil the citysc