SCQF Level 5
Level 5 Creative Thinking revision
Revision notes, key terms, practice questions and worksheets for every SCQF Level 5 Creative Thinking topic: research, idea generation, Fail & Fix, communicating and evaluating for the Daydream Believers qualification. Choose a topic.
The creative process
- How the qualification worksThe Creative Thinking Qualification was developed by Daydream Believers, a group of employers…
- ResearchGood ideas come from understanding the problem. Research stops you designing for a problem that…
- ConceptsYour concepts should grow out of your research. Point to the finding that sparked each idea…
- Fail & FixFail & Fix means testing your ideas early, finding what doesn't work, and improving it. Every…
- CommunicateYour final idea needs to be understood quickly by someone who hasn't seen your process: the client…
- Evaluation & creative braveryEvaluation means judging your own work honestly: what worked, what didn't, and why. It happens…
Thinking tools
- Idea generation techniquesTake an existing product or idea and ask:
- Empathy & user-centred designUser-centred design starts with the people who will use your idea. Empathy means understanding how…
- Critical thinkingCritical thinking is questioning information and ideas instead of accepting them, including your…
- Sketchbooks & visual thinkingYour sketchbook (and digital pages) is where assessors see your thinking. It doesn't need to be…
Briefs & the creative world
- Working with a briefA brief is a set of instructions from a client describing the problem, who it's for and any limits.…
- Sustainability & ethicsIn a linear economy we take, make and throw away. In a circular economy products are designed so…
- Creative careers & metaskillsThe World Economic Forum and Skills Development Scotland list creativity, problem-solving and…