Innovation

WHAT IS INNOVATION?

What is innovation? In simple words it can be the introduction of something new. But there is much more than that!

Innovation is a very practical and useful ability that we can expand and keep on developing, 

Innovation can be an ally with creativity, since you can create something from scratch with your creativity and inovate it with innovation.

This is one of the advanced cognitive skills that we humans have and we use it a lot in our jobs and even in our homes, using both creativity and innovation to maybe create something that can help in the house.

SCAMPER

 SCAMPER METHODOLOGY

Sometimes it can be hard to have new ideas when developing or improving a service, and that's when SCAMPER can become helpful!

What is SCAMPER?

SCAMPER is a tool that you can use by asking questions about existing products, using each of the seven prompts that we are about to give you. These questions help you come up with creative ideas for developing new products, and for improving current ones.

So, what does SCAMPER means?

SCAMPER means 7 different things, such as:

• Substitute
• Combine
• Adapt
• Modify
• Put to another use
• Eliminate
• Reverse

This model helps you make use of your cognitive skills throught your creativity and create a brainstorm of different ideas to help explore new things!

Creativity and the quintuple Helix Model

 

WHAT IS CREATIVITY? QUINTUPLE HELIX MODEL?

You might have an idea of what creativity is, since you use it almost everyday!

Creativity is the ability to generate new ideas of new associations between known ideas and concepts, which usually produce solutions.

Creativity is used in all aspects of our lifes, like in art or in our job. You can be creative in any way you want!

As you read in the title, you now are wondering what the Quintuple Helix model is, and I will not answer that question you have.

The Quintuple Helix model helps the improvement and benefit of the sectors like goverment sectors or even universities supports the formation of a situation between innovation,  It stresses the necessary transition of society and economy in our century, making it ecologically sensitive.

Tools for identifying problems and developing solutions Topic 4

Tools for identifying problems and to develop solutions?

Yes, as the title says, there is tools to identify problems and to develop solutions! Some of them are:

CAUSE EFFECT DIAGRAM

A cause-effect diagram is a visual tool used to logically organize possible causes for a specific problem or effect by graphically displaying them in increasing detail, suggesting causal relationships among theories. A popular type is also referred to as a fishbone or Ishikawa diagram. Cause-Effect can also be diagrammed using a tree diagram.

FISHBONE DIAGRAM: 

Fishbone diagrams may also be referred to as “Cause and Effect” diagrams, or Ishikawa diagrams, after their founder Kaoru Ishikawa. They resemble a fish skeleton, with the "ribs" representing the causes of an event and the final outcome appearing at the head of the skeleton. The purpose of the Ishikawa diagram is to allow management to determine which issues have to be addressed in order to gain or avoid a particular event.

PROBLEM TREE DIAGRAM:

Problem tree analysis helps stakeholders to establish a realistic overview and awareness of the problem by identifying the fundamental causes and their most important effects. The main output of the exercise is a tree-shaped diagram in which the trunk represents the focal problem, the roots represent its causes and the branches its effects. Such a problem tree diagram creates a logical hierarchy of causes and effects and visualizes the links between them. It creates a summary picture of the existing negative situation.

MAPPING:

This last one approaches the problem directly, a solution map that displays a logical analysis of the way one might arrive from the given data to the solution of the problem. The solution map includes a statement of all laws and principles used at every stage, so that students' knowledge base is reinforced.

Processes and characteristics of higher thinking skills Topic 3

 

What is higher thinking skill?

It refer to skills that go beyond memorizing information or regurgitating stories, these skills emphasize the development of analytical skills. So there are different set of skills for this and I will put them here:

CRITICAL THINKING:

Critical thinking is regarded across disciplines as a reasoned or questioning approach to learning as opposed to a doctrinaire or rote approach. Researchers investigating critical thinking in higher education often refer to the Socratic tradition as the origin of the Furedy approach.

PROBLEM SOLVING:

The sciences, particularly applied sciences such as engineering and medicine, have investigated problem solving processes because it is the skills involved in problem solving that are considered most critical for graduates of such programs to be able to utilize in their professions.

FORMAL OPERATIONS:

It is The work on formal operations is based on a developmental approach to knowledge.. it is divided intellectual development into discrete, qualitatively different stages in which progress from one stage to another was demonstrated by a reorganization and extension of the cognitive structures of the preceding stage:

Sensorimotor stage (Birth- 2 years old)

Concrete operations stage (2 to 12 years old)

Formal operations stage (12 to 15 years old)

CREATIVITY:

Joy Paul Guilford  began by describing creative behaviors as consisting of inventing, designing, contriving, composing and planning. To measure creativity he designed tasks for four different creative factors:

• Ideational, associational and expressional fluency.
• Flexibility
• Originality
• Elaboration

ANALYTICAL THINKING:

It is the ability to apply logical thinking to break down complex problems into smaller components in order to solve a problem. Analytical skills allow children to solve complex problems by filtering through to the relevant information and identifying patterns or trends.

METACOGNITION:

Metacognitive processes have a forerunner in study skills but they also encompass the control strategies that are important in decision-making in general, hence the term executive. Metacognitive processes merit attention because they display several of the characteristics of the previously examined approaches to intellectual skills. Metacognitive processes serve three general functions for the learner.

• Place a problem with context
• Decide which strategy will be implemented 
• Interpret feedback

COGNITIVE PROCESSES:

In the taxonomy, intellectual skills such as reasoning, problem solving, concept formation and creative thinking were categorized in terms of increasingly complex behaviors. The categories of intellectual skills were comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.

Anderson suggests that there is a compilation process in which skill transits from the declarative to the procedural stage through two subprocesses Composition and Proceduralization

Analysis

Analysis requires you to examine ideas, evaluate them against what you already know and make decisions. Analysis is a part of critical thinking and the ability to carefully examine something, whether it is a problem, a set of data, or a text

Synthesis

Synthesis, along with analysis and evaluation, is part of critical thinking. Is the ability to combine parts of a whole in new and different ways. It refers to the process of actively analyzing, assessing, evaluating and reflecting on information gathered from observation and experience.

Evaluation

Evaluation is a process that critically examines a program. It involves collecting and analyzing information about a program's activities, characteristics, and outcomes. To judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something.

Soft & Hard Skills Topic 1

Soft & Hard skills?

Have you ever considered that there are 2 different kind of skills?

Do you know what a soft skill is? Have you ever heard about hard skills? well, in this section we will talk about these interesting topics. Please do leave a comment if you find this interesting as I did, and don't forget to share with your friends & family!

Work skills can be divided in two sections; hard skills and soft skills, they're pretty different from eachother but are resourceful on any kind of job

Let's take a look at the characteristics of both skills

HARD SKILLS: Hard skills are those that are specific to your job and are required for you to do your job

for example, if you are a programmer, your hard skill would be coding in any language you know.

Hard skills are generally learned at school, training or with experience. 

SOFT SKILLS: These skills are personal skills, that can be used in any job like communication, teamwork and adaptability

Soft skills are more difficult to learn, you need to practice it with other people, they come naturally to some people but for others is not that easy. These skills are harder for job employment people to recognize or evaluate, since you can't just type it in you CV, so normally they would do an interview or check in your first weeks at your job to get a glimpse of your soft skills.

Even though they're different, we need both in our professional lifes to be succesful. What do you think about this? do you share the same opinion on this? Feel free to comment your opinion and let me know if you enjoyed it.

 

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