Creative Thinking

Issued by St Edmund's College

The earner has developed creative thinking within a professional mentoring experience. They have engaged in an innovative process through cultivating a professional relationship with a mentor in their chosen field. The earner has experimented in design thinking strategies and imagination to develop an original thinking concept.

Type Experience
Level Intermediate
Time Months

Skills

Earning Criteria

Students within the Future Pathways Program delivered a project presentation through consideration of stakeholder rights and responsibilities, social implications, and a future focus with regard to their chosen profession.
Students developed a professional learning portfolio through establishing a professional relationship with their mentor and maintaining a journal, recording communication and key learnings. Over the course of the program, students developed a presentation detailing the professional life of the mentor and the evolution of the profession into the future, making connections with the EREA touchstones.

Standards

QCAA 21st Century Skills

Young Queenslanders in the 21st century need to be innovators entrepreneurs, lifelong learners, and responsible global citizens. QCAA General syllabuses are underpinned by the skills students need in the 21st century including critical thinking, creative thinking, communication, collaboration and teamwork, personal and social skills and ICT skills.

General Capabilities ACARA

The General Capabilities play a significant role in the Australian Curriculum in equipping young Australians to live and work successfully in the 21st Century. A capability encompasses knowledge, skills, behaviours and dispositions. Students develop capability when they apply knowledge and skills confidently, effectively and appropriately.