Problem Management and Effective Education Based on TRIZ

We are happy to let you know that our new course on the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ) has been included in the Comenius/Grundtvig catalogue of the European Commission. This means that if you come from a country participating in the EU educational programmes you can receive a grant to cover your participation in the course by applying to your national agency.  However, the participation is not limited to the EU countries and you are more than welcome wherever in the world you are based. Please visit the official website of the EU catalogue for more information about the course fee.

The course we would like to offer you is called Problem Management and Effective Education based on TRIZ. The course will take place in Jurmala, a famous sea resort 25 km away from Riga, the capital of Latvia.

Course date:

Option 1: 24 - 30 Oct 2010 (deadline for grant applications in your National Agency is 30 Apr 2010)

Option 2: 20 - 26 Feb 2011 (deadline for grant applications in your National Agency is 15 Sep 2010)

Option 3: 2 - 8 Oct 2011 (deadline for grant applications in your National Agency is 30 Apr 2011)

Objective:

• Provide the participants with tools and ideas for improving their current approaches to problem solving and probem management.

Who should attend:

• Teachers & teacher trainers.
  
• Policy makers & educational administrators.
  
• Professionals interested in improving their problem solving, creativity and problem management.

Course contents:

• Main models of TRIZ are introduced in the context of practical problem solving done by the participants.
  
• TRIZ based classes for the participants to demonstrate educational application of TRIZ.
  
• TRIZ is used throughout the course to solve practical problems of the participants.

Facilitators:

	Dmitry Kucharavy A research engineer at INSA Strasbourg, France. Over 18 years of practical experience in TRIZ as engineer, consultant, trainer and researcher.
	Dr. Alexander Sokol A teacher, teacher trainer, researcher in the field of thinking skills in language education. A certified TRIZ specialist. Alexander first learned about TRIZ in 1989 and has been dealing with it ever since.

The preliminary programme of the course as is available from the official website of the catalogue.

Information about the course venue.

You can also see photos, videos and the participants' feedback from our previous course.

The number of places on each course is limited, therefore we are asking you to contact us as soon as possible if you would like to book a place.

download course leaflet in pdf format