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The article presents a structure and basic tasks of a new original academic course, which was inaugurated in 2015 at the Faculty of Architecture in Gdańsk University of Technology and organized for the first year students of Spatial Planning.The title of the course was ‘Garden Cities and the Gardens in the Cities. A Course with Elements of Training Creativity’. The aim of the course was to encourage the participants to develop their creativity by introducing creative thinking techniques and thus to facilitate their projects. Among the recommended creative thinking techniques were mainly the ones presented in the ‘Odyssey of the Mind’ educational program, including such techniques as the ‘Mind Map,’ the ‘Brainstorm’ and the ‘Superheroes.’ Moreover, during the study, participants had a chance toimprove their team working skills. The practical usage of the introduced innovative methods was to be tested on issues concerning green environmental projects inurban areas.

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Published in:
CBU International Conference Proceedings no. 5, pages 669 - 675,
ISSN: 1805-997X
Title of issue:
CBU International Conference Proceedings, vol. 5 strony 669 - 675
ISSN:
1805-9961
Language:
English
Publication year:
2017
Bibliographic description:
Kowalewska J., Sołtysik M..: From Creative Thinking Techniques to Innovative Design Solutions - The Educators' Perspective, W: CBU International Conference Proceedings, vol. 5, 2017, Central Bohemia University,.
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Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.12955/cbup.v5.1005
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Gdańsk University of Technology

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