7 November 2022

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Student Matters

Spring 2023 courses open for registration on November 7th. See full descriptions here.

• CrCrTh 602, Creative Thinking; Jan. 23-May 10; occasional meetings on some Wednesdays, 7:00-9:45pm (class #10095)
• CrCrTh 670, Thinking, Learning, and Computers; Jan. 23-May 10; weekly meetings on Thursdays, 7:00-9:45pm (class #10096)
• CrCrTh 693, Action Research for Educational, Professional, and Personal Change; Jan. 23-May 10; weekly meetings on Thursdays, 4:00-6:45pm (class #10097)
• CrCrTh 694*, Synthesis of Theory and Practice; Jan. 23-May 10; weekly meetings on Mondays, 4:00-6:45pm (class #10098) *Not open to non-degree registrants; only available to students finishing the MA program.

Prospective students: please note that applications for spring 2023 admission to the CCT program are due by December 1, 2022.

CCT Events

Dialogue Series on Reflective Practice in a Changing World (online)
Wed. Nov. 16, 7:00-8:00pm ET: Reflective Practice for Managing Shifting Career Paths (RSVP to this session | more details on the theme)
Fri. Dec. 2, 12:00-1:00pm ET: Reflective Practice for Giving and Receiving Mentorship (RSVP to this session | more details on the theme)
Description: Join any number of these dialogues, free and open to the public. RSVP to an event to receive Zoom login information and reminders for that event.
Reflective Practice is relevant to any field — education, health care, organizational leadership, arts, and sciences, activism and many others. It refers to ways that we continually develop or change the practices that we use in their workplaces, schools, and lives.  The sessions use a structured Dialogue Process format with an emphasis on raising inquiry by diverse participants, rather than through presentation or lecture, supporting participants to develop new ideas about how their own practices might evolve.

Alum, Student, and CCT Associates Notables

CCT Alum Studio 2023
CCT graduates and faculty are invited to respond to our interest list for the upcoming 2023 CCT Alum Studio. The Studio is a forum which engages a small group over the span of a calendar year around mutual support as reflective practitioners committed to extending critical and creative thinking to workplaces, schools, and communities. The Studio involves occasional brief sessions held throughout the year in which participants experience facilitated activities to revisit key thinking tools/approaches and discuss ongoing challenges around supporting critical and creative thinking and reflective practice in our own settings. The Studio is open to all (MA and Graduate Certificate) graduates of the program and all past and current faculty. Additional details are described here, and all who are tentatively interested in participating are invited to respond here to be contacted further as arrangements for the 2023 cycle are confirmed.

Request for announcements and news items from alums
CCT students, alums, and associates are encouraged to send items about accomplishments, new publications, or offerings to the Critical and Creative Thinking community to be included in future newsletters. Please submit items here.

Events

Free webinar: Why study damaged brains? A journey into the mysteries of cognitive neuropsychology
November 8, 2022 at 5:30pm GMT
During this webinar, Dr Ashok Jansari will take you on a guided tour of the functioning of the human brain, dispelling some of the myths while revealing its wonders. The fascinating field of cognitive neuropsychology – the study of individuals with brain damage to gain a better understanding of the functioning of the intact brain – will be explored through examples of patients with very selective disorders. See the website to register.

2023 Crayola Creativity Week: January 23-29, 2023
A free program for schools and families celebrating the creativity of children, with free creative learning resources and materials, giveaways, and virtual events. See the website for details.

World Philosophy Day 2022
November 17, 2022
Hosted by the Philosophy Foundation. Includes three free facilitated online discussions exploring how to live well now through an Epicurean lens.
How to die (and live) better 08:30am (GMT)
How to shop better 13:30pm (GMT)
How to eat better 19:30pm (GMT)
For more information, see the website and registration pages for sessions.

9th World Summit on Arts & Culture
May 3-5, 2023 in Stockholm, Sweden
The 9th World Summit on Arts and Culture will bring together leading policy makers, researchers, managers and practitioners from the arts, culture and related sectors from around the world to explore artistic freedom as a fundamental pillar of cultural policy and examine how we can – and why we should – safeguard artistic freedom. See the website for more information and program schedules.

TED2023
April 17-21, 2023 in Vancouver, Canada
At this 5-day program with TED talks and other sessions, we’ll be guided by dreamers, inventors and creatives. Innovators, entrepreneurs and builders. Explorers and change-makers. Visionary thinkers and doers from every field of human endeavor. See the website for more information and details.