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December 8, 2010 Does thinking like a child spark innnovation and creativity? By: Cooper-Hewitt N. from New York, NY Comments: 0

December 8, 2010

Does thinking like a child spark innnovation and creativity?

By: Cooper-Hewitt N. from New York, NY
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Posted By: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum On: 12/8/2010 8:31:16 AM Traditional education does not always view young students as experts or view their naïveté as having value. What if a student's 'clean slate' was truly seen as an advantage in heightening creativity and innovation? Bob Suttons Work Matters blog address these ideas in a recent entry Harnessing Ignorance to Spark Creativity. Take a minute to read the post and review his guidelines on how to leverage innovation out of your young minds.

Posted By: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
On: 12/8/2010 8:31:16 AM

Traditional education does not always view young students as experts or view their naïveté as having value. What if a student's 'clean slate' was truly seen as an advantage in heightening creativity and innovation? Bob Suttons Work Matters blog address these ideas in a recent entry Harnessing Ignorance to Spark Creativity. Take a minute to read the post and review his guidelines on how to leverage innovation out of your young minds.

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