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THE NEED FOR CREATIVITY, THINKING SKILLS AND INVENTIONS

Many decades ago, Dr. Harold F. Holding warned that we are producing “critics rather than
artists, or poets or inventors in the broad sense of those magnificent words.”

20 YEARS AGO, Dr. Edward de Bono pointed out that “our educational system is primarily
concerned with developing information processing and analysis.”Today, these observations
remain valid.

Invention development is dependent on the creativity and thinking skills of inventors as well as
their ability to comprehend economic development and national industrialization.

This is one of the main reasons why we need to encourage creativeness and inventiveness
among the students and their mentors, and promote national industrialization by utilizing Filipino
inventions.

No country will be able to fully develop its national economy without the industrializing factors
created by the establishment of manufacturing industries which in turn is stimulated by invention
development and adaption of innovative technologies, from local and foreign sources.

Understanding creativity, thinking and invention are the predominant concepts behind creativity
training seminars. It is hoped that this “understanding” will lead to a deeper appreciation of the
need for creativity, thinking and invention for countryside development in particular, and national
economic progress in general. The purpose of providing thinking tools and techniques

is to fully train the human mind! Ultimately, the promotion of creativeness and inventiveness in
the school setting will make training the mind a full measure.

Harding emphasized that “creativity, originality, and inventiveness, are the prime requisites for
the crucial task of training the mind” to improve our creative abilities for planning, problem-
solving, decision-making, managing, and even learnin etc..to create new inventions for national
economic growth and progress, to improve our ability to turn ideas into action, and many other
reasons
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T•R•A•I•N•I•N•G G•A•M•E•S | Thinking Games & Creativity Exercises

THE NINE DOTS: Thinking Outside the Box

Problem: Connect all dots in four (4) strokes (or 4 interconnected lines) without lifting the
pen/pencil.

In other words, draw four (4) continuous straight lines

without lifting the pen/pencil.

Time to reflect: Answer the following questions below.

1. What is the difference between creativity and innovation?

Answer:

 Creativity is the ability to generate fresh and useful ideas while the successful execution
of those concepts is known as innovation. Change is introduced into relatively stable
systems through innovation. It's also concerned with the amount of effort required to
make a concept a reality.
 One fascinating link between creativity and innovation is that a corporate organization
can have a lot of creativity but not much innovation on the other end.

2. What is the importance of studying creativity and innovation?

Answer.

 Creativity and innovation are essential for the development of new ideas and ways for
improving goods and services in order to increase client satisfaction. They are critical to
a company's performance, especially when strategizing during strategic planning and
developing new products and services.
 When you're creative, you can come up with a variety of solutions to an issue. It is useful
for use students in devising solutions for dealing with unexpected and difficult situations.
A creative student can readily communicate with others and freely share his or her
experiences, which might otherwise be difficult. A creative classroom setting offers
limitless chances for creative thinking, group problem solving, and collaborative learning.
 Your business also, is more likely to become innovative if you are creative. Furthermore,
by being inventive, your company is more likely to provide something fresh, putting you
ahead of the competition.

3. Cite creative experiences that you encounter in your daily life.

Answer.

I am a student for almost 14 years now. What I like about going to school is that I have learned
new and fresh knowledge every day. I am glad that I am now in college as an accountancy
student, I am fond of making creative presentations which I learned in online. Aside from that, I
like editing my videos for my projects. I am slowly learning how to make my works creatively
and I am still willing to learn new things to improve my creativity skills.
Note: If you can’t include your answer directly to the activity sheets, simply make a copy and
then attach it in this classwork before turning in.