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The 7 Transdisciplinary Cognitive Skills for Creative Education Finding the Foundational Ideas: Abstracting as a Transdisciplinary Habit of Mind

The 7 Transdisciplinary Cognitive Skills for Creative Education : Finding the Foundational Ideas:... [It is common practice at the end of an interview, to ask an applicant to engage in a seemingly simple task—to describe herself in three words. There are of course variations of this, where the interviewee must identify their greatest strengths, or summarize why she would be the best candidate for a position. This type of question forces one to go beyond the details of the resume, the layers of experience or the history of accomplishments, to capture the core of what defines a person, and what they may have to offer. Each candidate’s response may be similar in concept, but almost certainly unique in the details and substance of how they encapsulate themselves. This essence may not remain static across time, since one’s response may vary depending on the context, or recent developments in life. That said, abstracting the key elements from your personality, accomplishments, education and potential (boiling all the details down to a set of fundamentals) may provide the interviewers with the insight they need to hire you.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The 7 Transdisciplinary Cognitive Skills for Creative Education Finding the Foundational Ideas: Abstracting as a Transdisciplinary Habit of Mind

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Springer International Publishing
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© © AECT 2018
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978-3-319-59544-3
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21 –29
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10.1007/978-3-319-59545-0_4
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[It is common practice at the end of an interview, to ask an applicant to engage in a seemingly simple task—to describe herself in three words. There are of course variations of this, where the interviewee must identify their greatest strengths, or summarize why she would be the best candidate for a position. This type of question forces one to go beyond the details of the resume, the layers of experience or the history of accomplishments, to capture the core of what defines a person, and what they may have to offer. Each candidate’s response may be similar in concept, but almost certainly unique in the details and substance of how they encapsulate themselves. This essence may not remain static across time, since one’s response may vary depending on the context, or recent developments in life. That said, abstracting the key elements from your personality, accomplishments, education and potential (boiling all the details down to a set of fundamentals) may provide the interviewers with the insight they need to hire you.]

Published: Jul 23, 2017

Keywords: Creativity; Creative Teaching; Transdisciplinary Thinking; Twenty-First Century Education; Thinking Skills; Abstracting; Abstraction; Abstract Thinking; Analogies; Analogical Thought

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