Students from Russia and the U.S. to Compete in Creativity
Dec 19, 2013
Russia’s Initiative Group, which includes representatives of the National Association of Innovation and Development of Information Technology (NAIRIT), the National University of Science and Technology (MISA) and a range of academic and business organizations began discussions with the leadership of Harvard University over the regulations for a competition between student teams from MISA and Harvard in the field of creative thinking, reports Digit.ru.
The competition is scheduled for the first quarter of 2014 and will be a competition between the two major schools of development of creative thinking: America’s Project Zero, which is based at Harvard University and the Russia’s New Reality 2.0, which was established last year with the participation of NAIRIT, Bank of Moscow, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Cognitive Technologies, MISA and the United Electronic Marketplace.
The project is currently being implemented using the facilities at MISA.
Both Project Zero and New Reality 2.0 date back to the 1960s and proceed from the assumption that the primary means of development of creative abilities in humans is abstract art, and that drawing is the best vehicle for the visualization of ideas and the establishment of unexpected connections between them. Methodological lessons based on these provisions allow the "tuning" of the human brain so that it begins to exploit underdeveloped areas, coming up with original solutions.
Project Zero was created with the participation of the famous American educator Howard Gadrner and is today one of the world’s largest centers in this field. The Russian project was founded by renowned artist, educator and researcher into the nature of consciousness Eliem Belyutin, and developed by his successor Vladislav Zubarev.
The format of the competition involves teams from Harvard and MISA of up to 20 members each. In the first stage, the participants will undergo a series of tests to determine intellectual capability. Then, for the next three months, the teams will be trained at their universities to develop their own creative training methods. The difference between the results of tests performed before and after the competition will determine whose means for the development of intelligence were most effective. It is expected that the panel of judges will include an equal number of Russian and American judges.
Exploration in the development of creative thinking is gaining popularity worldwide, with training centers in these areas having been opened by many leading universities, including Stanford and MIT as well as in many universities in Europe and Asia. China announced in 2011 that the development of creative thinking technologies is among that government’s highest priorities.
According to Olga Uskova, the president of NAIRIT, this is due to the increase in competition between the world’s leading countries in intellectual pursuits. "In this sense, the process of creating training techniques and the ability to effectively solve practical problems represents a significant competitive advantage and is highly important," she said.
The competition is scheduled for the first quarter of 2014 and will be a competition between the two major schools of development of creative thinking: America’s Project Zero, which is based at Harvard University and the Russia’s New Reality 2.0, which was established last year with the participation of NAIRIT, Bank of Moscow, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Cognitive Technologies, MISA and the United Electronic Marketplace.
The project is currently being implemented using the facilities at MISA.
Both Project Zero and New Reality 2.0 date back to the 1960s and proceed from the assumption that the primary means of development of creative abilities in humans is abstract art, and that drawing is the best vehicle for the visualization of ideas and the establishment of unexpected connections between them. Methodological lessons based on these provisions allow the "tuning" of the human brain so that it begins to exploit underdeveloped areas, coming up with original solutions.
Project Zero was created with the participation of the famous American educator Howard Gadrner and is today one of the world’s largest centers in this field. The Russian project was founded by renowned artist, educator and researcher into the nature of consciousness Eliem Belyutin, and developed by his successor Vladislav Zubarev.
The format of the competition involves teams from Harvard and MISA of up to 20 members each. In the first stage, the participants will undergo a series of tests to determine intellectual capability. Then, for the next three months, the teams will be trained at their universities to develop their own creative training methods. The difference between the results of tests performed before and after the competition will determine whose means for the development of intelligence were most effective. It is expected that the panel of judges will include an equal number of Russian and American judges.
Exploration in the development of creative thinking is gaining popularity worldwide, with training centers in these areas having been opened by many leading universities, including Stanford and MIT as well as in many universities in Europe and Asia. China announced in 2011 that the development of creative thinking technologies is among that government’s highest priorities.
According to Olga Uskova, the president of NAIRIT, this is due to the increase in competition between the world’s leading countries in intellectual pursuits. "In this sense, the process of creating training techniques and the ability to effectively solve practical problems represents a significant competitive advantage and is highly important," she said.