Summary

Pre-primary school project

This tutorial provides children with opportunities to develop and practice higher-order thinking skills. Through creative thinking, productive thinking and inventive thinking, ideas become reality as children create inventive solutions, illustrate their ideas, and make models of their inventions. It also helps to break the ice and establish an atmosphere of trust between the facilitator and the learner. This trust is important in creating a climate in which learners feel comfortable expressing opinions and considering new ideas.

References

• THE INVENTIVE THINKING CURRICULUM PROJECT, 2004
• CONNECTICUT INVENTION CONVENTION (CIC) Hartford, CT USA, 2007 provided the initial facilitation resources (Honora Kenney, Karen Brennan) for invention convention teacher training, as well as permissions to use the it's 1995 revision of the CIC curriculum package. For more information on the CIC model, sponsorships, latest STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) activities, programs in the USA please visit http://www.ctinventionconvention.org
  or contact its President at:

http://www.ctinventionconvention.org/Contact_Us.htm
The CIC welcomes Educators from Mauritius and around the globe to visit our annual statewide student competition. In 2009, it will be held at University of Connecticut on May 2nd

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