Required skills

creative thinking skills to participate effectively and actively in a range of creative thinking activities

literacy skills to explore and analyse information dealing with potentially complex concepts from a wide range of sources

problemsolving skills to tease out central themes and issues and to respond with a range of ideas and solutions

reflective learning and selfmanagement skills to question and challenge own skills and practice to identify and access learning opportunities and to be prepared to learn new things in unfamiliar areas

Required knowledge

common blockers to creative thinking both from an individual and organisational perspective

definitions concepts and history of creativity at an overview level

different creative thinking techniques and how they work including daydreaming and mental wandering wishful thinking use of metaphors and analogies trigger words morphological analysis brainstorming visualisation mind mapping lateral thinking games Edward de Bonos six thinking hats making associations and storytelling

how creativity applies everywhere not just in traditionally creative contexts

impacts of creative thinking on individuals communities and businesses

techniques for filtering to process diverse information

ways of extending and developing individual creative thinking skills

The Evidence Guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Evidence of the following is essential

active participation in a range of creative thinking activities including ability to ask relevant questions and to generate a range of ideas in response to a given situation or issue

understanding of creativity and creative thinking at a basic level including its impact and importance for individuals communities and businesses

knowledge and application of different creative thinking techniques and processes to a range of situations

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure

interactions with challenges situations and scenarios to which creative thinking may be applied usually this would involve interactions with others to reflect the nature of the creative thinking process

Method of assessment

A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge The following examples are appropriate for this unit

direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence and third party workplace reports of onthejob performance by the candidate

direct observation of the candidate participating in collaborative creative thinking activities

evaluation of ideas generated by the candidate with or without others and of the processes used to generate and test those ideas

evaluation of a presentation made by the candidate articulating the process of developing ideas or pieces of work plus evaluation of candidate debating and discussing ideas with others

evaluation of a noncomputerised game developed by the candidate played with others challenged and reinvented

oral or written questioning to assess knowledge of creative thinking techniques concepts and definitions of creativity

Guidance information for assessment

Creative thinking always occurs in a specific context Therefore holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector workplace and job role is highly recommended Assessors must however retain a strong focus on the creative thinking skills as described in this unit

Questions may include:

Different perspectives may be those of:

Creative thinking techniques may include:

Blockers to creative thinking may be:

Existing boundaries may relate to:

Risks with ideas and thought processes might involve:

Familiar and unfamiliar places may include: