Syllabus
Part 1 Creative Thinking
Creative Thinking and Prewriting: An Introduction
Unit 1 What Is Creative Thinking?
Unit 2 Creative Strategies (I)
I Brainstorming
II Means-Ends Analysis
III Left-Brain and Right-Brain
IV Utilizing Different Senses
Unit 3 Characteristics of Creative Thinking
I Lateral Thinking vs. Vertical Thinking
II A Questioning Attitude
III Associative Powers
IV Fluency, Flexibility, and Originality
Unit 4 Creative Strategies (II)
I Changing the Entry Point
II The Reversal Method
III Track Switching
Unit 5 Perceptual Blocks to Creativity
I Stereotyping
II Self-Imposed Limits
III Saturation
Unit 6 Creative Strategies (III)
I Checklist for New Ideas
II Attribute Listing
III Exposure and Random Word Stimulation
Part 2 Prewriting
I What Prewriting Is Not
II What Prewriting Is
III Prewriting Techniques
1.Track Switching
2.Listing
3.Subject Chart
4.Columns
5.Cubing
6.Looping
7.The Reporter's Formula
8.Classical Invention
9.Attribute Listing
Appendix I
Appendix II
Key to Exercises and Homework
References
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