W04 - Being a Creative Parent: How to Nurture Creative Children
Dr Ng Aik Kwang
Creativity is an important ability to develop in our children. Every one of us has the potential to be creative, although many people mistakenly believe that only certain individuals like Albert Einstein can be creative. In this talk, participants will deepen their knowledge of what is creativity. They will learn to identify the behavioral traits associated with highly creative people. In addition, they will understand how the social environment (including family and school) shapes the creative personality. Participants will receive practical tips on how to nurture creative children at home. They will learn what type of family and learning environment is good for creativity, and how to use a variety of creative puzzles and techniques to assist young minds to “think out of the box”.
Objectives
- Participants develop a good insight of the creative problem-solving process
- Participants experience the creative process via a variety of creative puzzles
- Participants understand how the social environment shapes the creative personality
- Participants receive practical tips on how to nurture creative children at home
Who should attend
Those who wish to understand what creativity is, and how they can develop the creative potential of their children at home.
Profile of trainer
Dr Ng Aik Kwang is an expert on the cultivation of creativity in the Asian classroom and society. He is the author of three popular books on this subject. They include Why Asians Are Less Creative Than Westerners (2001); Liberating the Creative Spirit in Asian Students (2004) and Creative Problem-Solving for Asians: A Practical Guide to Develop Your Creativity as an Asian (2007). Dr Ng received the 2001 Early Career Research Award from the International Council of Psychologists for a provocative paper which is interestingly entitled Why Creators are Dogmatic People, “Nice” People are not Creative and Creative People are not “Nice”. After obtaining his PhD in Psychology at the University of Queensland in Australia, Dr Ng worked as an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Education (1999 – 2005). Besides lecturing at NIE, Dr Ng has conducted courses on creativity in many schools and learning organizations, including Singapore Management University, Nanyang Technological University and UniSIM. Dr Ng is also an entrepreneur who set up The Idea Resort. This is a training firm which provides practical workshops for teachers and students in areas like creativity, multiple intelligences, critical thinking, classroom management, cooperative learning. Dr Ng’s inspirational sharing on creativity is deeply appreciated by participants, as shown below.
Parental feedback
This talk is particularly useful to parents with young kids like P1, P2 to start the learning journey right, engaged in fun learning, focus on intrinsic motivation. Parenthink, thanks for the arrangements!
Excellent talk!
Easy to understand – enjoyable.
This is a very good initiative to educate parents in ways to help the child to develop a more wholesome personality. Keep it up and I will like to participate in more of such talks.
The speaker spoke clearly.
How to Order Workshop
If you’re interested to order any of these workshops, please contact Dr Ng Aik Kwang, Director, The Idea Resort.
Email:
Hp: 9780 2202 / 9118 3014
Workshop duration
1 Day - 9am to 5pm