Creative Inquiry

Preface

Module #1. Introduction
Rationale
Organization
Terminology

Module #2. Warm-Up Exercises
Warm-Up #1: Using Curiosity to Spark New Ideas
Warm-Up #2: Identifying the Variables
Warm-Up #3: Establishing the Criteria for Success
Self-Reflection #1: Warm-Up Exercises

Module #3. Creative Challenges
Challenge #1: Understanding User Needs
Challenge #2: Incremental and Transformative
Challenge #3: Problem Definition
Challenge #4: Targeted Research
Self-Reflection #2: Creative Challenges

Module #4. Six Ideation Strategies
Strategy #1: Convergent Thinking
Strategy #2: Divergent Thinking
Strategy #3: Analogical Thinking
Strategy #4: Technological or Material Transfer
Strategy #5: Associative Thinking
Strategy #6: Pattern Recognition

Module #5. Three Selection Strategies
Strategy #1: Expanding the Bandwidth
Strategy #2: Connecting Critical and Creative Thinking
Strategy #3: The Parts and the Puzzle
Self-Reflection #3: Idea Generation and Selection Strategies

Module #6: Developing a Capstone Project
Writing a Proposal
Four Proposal Examples
History
Engineering
Art
Computer Science
Iteration and Reiteration
Identifying and Overcoming Obstacles
Self-Reflection #4: Capstone Project

Module #7: Innovator Insights

Building a Better Business
Mark Breen

Problem Solving for Science Students
Ian Fogarty

An Interdisciplinary Approach in Medicine
Dr. Emily Pritchard

Hard Facts and Slippery Fictions
Jeremy Thomas Gilmer

From Building Housing to Rebuilding Lives
Dr. Jill Pable

Storytelling and Social Change
Liz Canner

From Colony to Collaborative Community
Christine Nieves

Self-Reflection #5: A Personal Board of Advisors

Module #8: From Coursework to Career

Tried And True Internship Strategies
Stephanie Vivorito with editing by Mary Stewart

Appendix: Ten Easy Ways to Strengthen Your Writing
Overall Structure
Writing Style
Finally
Glossary

Notes

Further Resources
Books
Podcasts
Sample Academic Programs, Centers, and Institutes

Index
About the Author