Creativity

Concurrent

Cultivate Young Entrepreneurs by Tapping Creativity, Openness, and Cognitive Ability

Cultivate Young Entrepreneurs by Tapping Into Creativity, Openness, and Cognitive Ability

Friday, November 18, 2022

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Location: JW Marriott, 309-310

Donna B. Hulsey

Doctoral Student, Educational Psychology, Specializing in GT
Baylor University, Texas
Gulsah Batdal Karaduman, PhD

Associate Professor
Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa / Baylor University, Texas

Short description: We admire entrepreneurs for their creativity, vision, resilience, and mindset. Inventiveness, innovation, and calculated risk-taking can be taught by focusing individual traits of openness and cognition on problem solving. This presentation outlines a lifelong-learning model for fostering divergent, inventive thinking by guiding participants through creating a product, process, or business. Participants share their ideas and learn criteria-based critiquing of the inventive stages.

Learning Outcomes:
Participants will:

Discuss the empirical research on individual interests, abilities, and personality traits thought to influence inventiveness and entrepreneurial thinking

Learn guidelines for an entrepreneurship curriculum for primary and secondary gifted learners designed to develop special interests and abilities

Gain practical tips for creating and growing an entrepreneurship program in or out of school