Syllabus
Part 1 Creative Thinking
Creative Thinking and Prewriting:An Introduction
Unit 1 What Is Creative Thinking?
Unit 2 Creative Strategies(I)
I Brainstorming
II Means-Ends Analysis
III Left-Brain and Right-Brain
IV Utilizing Different Senses
Unit 3 Characteristics of Creative Thinking
I Lateral Thinking vs.Vertical Thinking
II A Questioning Attitude
III Associative Powers
IV Fluency,Flexibility,and Originality
Unit 4 Creative Strategies(II)
I Changing the Entry Point
Ⅱ The Reversal Method
III Track Switching
Unit 5 Perceptual Blocks to Creativity
I Stereotyping
Ⅱ Self-Imposed Limits
III Saturation
Unit 6 Creative Strategies (III)
I Checklist for New Ideas
Ⅱ Attribute Listing
Ⅲ Exposure and Random Word Stimulation
Part 2 Prewriting
I What Prewriting Is Not
Ⅱ What Prewriting Is
III Prewriting Techniques
1.Track Switching
2.Listing
3.Subject Chart
4.Columns
5.Cubing
6.Looping
7.The Reporter's Formula
8.Classical Invention
9.Attribute Listing
Appendix I
Appendix II
Key to Exercises and Homework
References