Creative problem solving is the process of redefining problems and opportunities, coming up with new, innovative responses and solutions, and then taking action.
Global research shows that tomorrow’s jobs will demand creative problem solving skills. We asked 2,000 educators, policymakers and influencers how they are helping to prepare students to be creative problem solvers and succeed in the modern economy.
Students from Texas demonstrated creative problem solving skills helping victims of Hurricane Harvey restore irreplaceable, precious family photos with Adobe Photoshop CC.
Global educators believe technologies like Adobe Creative Cloud
can help students develop creative problem solving skills.
Inside the Classroom
Outside the Classroom
Educators that use Adobe Creative Cloud say creative problem solving often plays a role in their curricula, and their students are more prepared to put these skills to use.
Teachers who use Creative Cloud in Class feel their students are more prepared to use these skills
39%
51%
10%
Than teachers who have never used Creative Cloud
21%
51%
28%
Very prepared
Somewhat prepared
Not prepared
Educators believe Adobe Creative Cloud can help students develop all the most important creative problem solving skills.
Effectiveness of Adobe Creative Cloud in skill development
Self-expression and dialogue
Innovative thinking
Independent learning
Learning through success and failure
Working within diverse teams
Accepting challenges and taking risks
Persistence, grit and entrepreneurial spirit
Conflict management and argumentation
To deliver better access to the tools and technologies that will help educators teach these skills, Adobe is now offering:
Spark Premium, regularly valued at $120/year, will be available to all schools and universities at no cost in April. Spark is a storytelling service for use across web and mobile, and is regularly used by teachers to help students build their storytelling skills and improve their confidence in their own creative abilities.
New School I.D. integration offers single sign-on, enabling students to use their school identification to log into Creative Cloud apps at school or at home. This gives students the freedom they need to create, discover and learn outside of the classroom.
Integrate creative problem solving into your classroom – today.
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