Unit of Study CRTV1002 Create: Innovate: Change (2024)

Unit description

Introduces students to six important skills needed for contemporary society: innovative problem solving; creativity; analytic thinking; collaboration; effective communication and ethics (action and accountability). By utilising curiosity and engagement, this unit introduces students to the concepts and practices of creative and innovative thinking through collaboration and problem solving. This unit will unpack the skills and strategies needed, through collaboration and co-design with other students, to solve real-world problems in innovative and creative ways. These methods and fluencies include a range of conceptual approaches, as well as communication strategies, to explore and reconsider the context in which we learn, work and create change.  

Unit content

These topics will be covered:

• Collaborative approaches to strategic thinking and innovative problem solving.
• Introduction to Design Thinking.
• Multidisciplinary approach to change strategies.
• Develop and implement strategies to enhance personal creativity and innovation. 
• Strategies for critical appraisal and self assessment. 
• Communication, planning and evaluation.