synectics

Examples

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• Tom Gordon (1971) also makes a case in his work on synectics that personal metaphors are a way to get students to think about the familiar and make it strange and different.

  Academic text (2001)

• The synectics approach encourages creative problem-solving through the combination of unrelated thoughts.

• Gordon (1971) says that when the logical doesn't work, synectics is designed to lead students into a slightly illogical work.

  Academic text (2001)

• Some models that are considered include inquiry synectics, advance organizers, jurisprudence, principles of cooperative learning and problem solving, discrepant events, and so forth.

  Academic text (1993)

• Myoelectrical activity of the external anal sphincter was recorded by one reference and two differential electrodes connected to a bioamplifier and the PC Polygraph HR (Synectics Medical).

  Academic text (2000)

• Teachers often use synectics to help students generate innovative ideas by linking unusual concepts.

• In workshops, participants engage in synectics to foster inventive solutions by merging different perspectives.

Synonyms

B

brainstorming

vssynectics

22 3.0

A group meeting to think of many ideas quickly without judging them

uses cross domain idea connections to guide problem solving rather than free idea flow

C

creative thinking

vssynectics

13 3.7

Thinking in new ways to make things or solve problems

specifically encourages linking unrelated ideas rather than general imaginative work

I

ideation

vssynectics

• Jargon

2 7.9

To think of new plans or solutions for a problem

targets making unusual idea connections rather than general idea development

L

lateral thinking

vssynectics

1 5.3

A way to solve problems by looking at them from new angles

focuses on linking distant or unrelated ideas to find solutions

B

blue-sky thinking

vssynectics

• Jargon

1 6.4

A way to find new ideas that ignores practical limits

focuses on forming connections between distant ideas for problem solving

D

divergent thinking

vssynectics

1 6.3

A way of thinking that comes up with many different ideas to solve a problem

emphasizes connecting unrelated ideas rather than producing many options

O

out of the box thinking

vssynectics

• Jargon

4.4

To solve problems using new creative ideas

relies on connecting distant ideas rather than being merely unconventional

C

creative learning method

vssynectics

3.8

A way of teaching that uses new ideas and activities to help students learn

applies cross idea linking to solve problems rather than teaching methods

How Creative

synectics

• Specialized

9.9

lateral thinking

1 5.3

brainstorming

22 3.0

Surface Forms

Etymology