In the short video below, I want to share one approach that may help to support the measuring and tracking of skills across the senior...

I have worked as a secondary school teacher for the past 18 years and can usually identify the children that read and those that

Creativity has been dubbed one of the most important skills for people to have in the 21st century. It is a skill that is in high demand now

Today marks the final creativity tip in a series of five and this one is one of my favourites as it offers challenge, thinking time

Integrating creative thinking and problem solving into traditional academic courses that lead directly to standardised tests

Today's creativity tip revolves around the idea of transformation. Thinking in terms of transformation will allow your students to consider

There is a misconception that constraints are inherently negative and any solution that is created within them is going to fall short

I’ve been sharing a lot of information about critical thinking and how we can use it as a problem-solving skill. The other strategy...

If you want to develop your creative thinking and problem solving skills you need to practise them. Anyone can be creative and solve...

This blog post will outline a simple strategy that you can use in any situation to help you solve problems or overcome challenges that...

The Idea Box is based on a theory of Dr Fritz Zwicky who was a Swiss astronomer. What Dr Zwicky found was that when you are faced with a...

According to the World Economic Forum, half of us will need to reskill in the next five years as a result of what is being dubbed the...

The Successive Approximation Model (SAM) of instructional design is the brainchild of entrepreneur, Michael Allen. It is characterised by...

Dick, Carey, and Carey (2009) proposed 10 stages of learning in their model of instructional design. The model identifies a systems...

How do we go about planning online courses that meet the needs of all stakeholders using ADDIE?

Did you know that the most effective way to improve your life is to establish good habits and stick to them? Researchers have found that...

Have you ever wondered what drives creative people? What makes them different? Creativity can challenge you, give you energy, and allow...

Many people don’t think of creativity as a skill. But, it is, and you can develop it. Some people will separate creativity from thinking,...

One of the biggest hurdles to creativity is your mindset. It has been shown that negative people are less creative and this is because...

The following are some of the alternative methods that many organisations use in their brainstorming sessions. Not every method will be...