Authors: Ellen Domb and David Conley, PQR Group, Upland CA USA
Presenter: Ellen Domb
Abstract: Many people who are interested in TRIZ do not reach the level of competence that they want, due to mismatches between their learning style a
nd their teachers’ teaching styles. Extensive research on teaching methods exists, but has not been widely applied to TRIZ. This workshop will
start with a brief review of the teaching/learning research, and will then become interactive – the participants will decide which techniques they want to explore, and the presenters will facilitate the discussion. A wide range of topics is possible, such as
- How to teach the concept of the Ideal Final Result? Or System Operator? Or technical contradictions? Etc.
- Should patterns of evolution be taught to beginners? If not, when should it be taught?
- Should we teach overall philosophy of TRIZ first, or teach tools and techniques first?
- Should management, marketing, and engineering people get the same TRIZ training?
If other experienced TRIZ teachers join the event, the presenters will organize them into a panel discussion for the benefit of all participants.
Presentation Paper: See http://www.triz-journal.com/teaching-triz-does-not-equal-learning-triz/
The workshop consisted of identifying which category of learning was appropriate for which category of entity being taught. All slides were taken from this paper.
Biographies:
Ellen Domb, Ph.D., is the founding editor of The TRIZ Journal, and the principal TRIZ consultant for the PQR Group in Upland CA USA. TRIZ is Dr. Domb’s 6th career: she has been a physics professor, an aerospace engineer, an engineering manager, a product line general manager, and a strategic planning/quality improvement consultant. She is a popular speaker at global innovation events, and developed a distance-learning TRIZ course in collaboration with Information Architected to be able to reach more people with the TRIZ concepts, to improve thinking and problem solving world-wide.