Practical Points on Critical Thinking

What exactly is critical thinking? Do we know how to define it, or better yet, to foster it in those we are teaching? In her article, “Teaching Critical Thinking: Some Practical Points,” Dr. Linda B. Nilson aptly describes how critical thinking can be encouraged and...

Ways to Learn Creativity

Becoming more creative, even just a tiny bit, will enhance what you do every day, at work, at home, or anywhere. Let’s look at how you learn it. There are various schools of thought about how to learn creativity. One approach is to study the functioning of the brain....

Breaking the Barriers of Creativity

What holds people back from being creative? Is it a lack of time? Do you not have a budget for doing creative work? Perhaps you work in an industry where there are lots of regulatory or legal barriers that seem to make it hard to generate novel ideas. For many people,...