Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, or even joyous.
In 1948 Alex Osborne published Your Creative Power, in which he introduced the concept of group brainstorming. The most important rule of brainstorming was the prohibition on negative criticism, which Osborne held nips creativity in the bud. The concept of brainstorm took off and has been a hugely popular technique worldwide for decades. However, an article in the New Yorker (January 20, 2012), "Groupthink: The Brainstorming Myth," cites research which as early as 1958, proved that the technique did not increase the quantity of creative ideas generated.
The first refutation came from Yale researchers who in 1958 set up 12 groups of four undergraduates each and 48 students working by themselves. The groups and individuals were given a series of creative puzzles, and the solo students came up with twice as many ideas as the brainstorming groups. The conclusion was: "Brainstorming didn't unleash the power of the group, but rather made each individual less creative." In a more ambitious research project in 2003 at UC Berkeley, students in groups where criticism and debate were encouraged produced twenty percent more ideas than groups where negativity was not permitted.
Teaching Young Children Tool KitExchange has packaged seven of its teaching resources into a single "Teaching Young Children Tool Kit" and is offering the entire set at a discount. Separately these resources would cost $194.00, but we are offering the entire Tool Kit for only $154.
Resources in the kit include:
- Beginnings Workshops Book #3 - Child Development
- Beginnings Workshops Book #7 - Child Development II
- Places for Childhoods: Making Quality Happen in the Real World
- Teaching Four-Year-Olds: A Personal Journey
- The Intentional Teacher
- Voices DVD: Caring for Infants and Young Toddlers