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"Encouraging Innovation" aims to prepare students, researchers, and professionals for the application of innovative thinking in their daily lives and careers. It provides a broad overview of the cognitive skills and educational methods needed to implement innovative thinking in society"--
List of contents
Part I. Cognition: 1. Reasoning; 2. Problem solving; 3. Creativity; 4. Group decision making; 5. Collaborative problem solving; Part II. Education: 6. Improving skills; 7. Learning theories; 8. Teaching creativity; 9. Discipline creativity; 10. Design education; Part III. Implementation: 11. Linking theory to practice; 12. Business innovation; 13. Social innovation; 14. Organizational support; References; Author index; Subject index.
About the author
Stephen K. Reed is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University. He is the author of Psychological Processes in Pattern Recognition (1973), Word Problems: Research and Curriculum Reform (1999), Cognitive Skills You Need for the 21st Century (2020), Thinking Visually (2nd Edition 2021), and Cognition: Theory and Applications (10th Edition 2022).
Summary
'Encouraging Innovation' aims to prepare students, researchers, and professionals for the application of innovative thinking in their daily lives and careers. It provides a broad overview of the cognitive skills and educational methods needed to implement innovative thinking in society.
Foreword
Links the cognitive skills needed for innovation to the education of those skills and their application in life.
