Lifelong learning (adult education)

Creative Thinking for Adult Learners

Creativity is a key 21st-century skill for personal and professional development. This course helps educators build creative thinking with adult learners through design-based activities, problem solving, storytelling and visual thinking, and participants create reusable learning modules that activate imagination and critical thinking.

5 days
Certificate of attendance
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Who it is for

Adult education teachers and trainers
Lifelong learning professionals
Career counsellors and guidance officers
School and vocational education staff
Managers of education centres and NGOs
Project coordinators and mobility programme leaders

What you will learn

Promote creative thinking as a core lifelong learning competence
Apply techniques such as brainstorming, mind mapping and SCAMPER
Integrate creative strategies into adult learning curricula
Foster a safe and open environment for creative exploration

By the end of the course, you will be able to

Understand the value of creativity in lifelong learning
Apply brainstorming, mind mapping and SCAMPER
Integrate creative strategies into adult learning curricula
Evaluate creativity and give constructive feedback
Foster a safe, open environment for creative exploration

Programme, day by day

Day 1Creativity and lifelong learning

Introductory meeting: practical arrangements, timetable and venue
Welcome session, icebreakers and programme objectives
Introduction to lifelong learning and its landscape
Creativity in adult education
Creativity frameworks

Day 2Creative thinking tools and techniques

SCAMPER, brainstorming and lateral thinking
Case studies and hands-on application

Day 3Learning through design and visual thinking

Visual facilitation and mind maps
Prototyping learning experiences

Day 4Creative learning environments

Setting the tone for innovation
Inclusion and diversity in creative expression

Day 5Design studio

Designing creative activities and lessons
Peer presentations
Feedback and certificates

How the course runs

Participatory learning: group work, discussion, simulations and peer teaching
Practical examples and case studies
Reflection tools aligned with the Key Competences for Lifelong Learning
Intercultural, inclusive and multilingual awareness throughout

Certificate of Attendance, issued by BragaMob, and Europass Mobility, issued by your school and completed with us. Accommodation, meals, transfers and cultural integration activities can be added to the course: your quote lists each service you choose. Dates on request.

Lifelong learning (adult education)