To acquire innovative thinking ability, we must attach importance to learning and training. So, how to cultivate it? First of all, we should pay equal attention to both ways of thinking. Figuratively speaking, in the process of cultivating innovative thinking ability, logical thinking method and illogical thinking method are like two wheels (if thinking is compared to a moving cart). In order for the SUV to move forward, the two wheels must rotate in harmony. On the one hand, the illogical thinking method is applied to the subject to be innovated, and new ideas and ideas are put forward. Its function is to explore, open routines and break through traditional shackles; The logical thinking method sorts out, processes and screens the new ideas put forward, and finds the best solution to the problem. Its function is to test and demonstrate. The use of illogical thinking methods focuses on making people's thinking activities smooth, flexible and original; The use of logical thinking methods focuses on making people's thinking activities accurate, rigorous and orderly. Some people vividly compare it to: "It is both whimsical and realistic." Under the traditional education centered on inheritance, students often pay attention to logical thinking and ignore illogical thinking, which makes the wheel that should turn to both sides turn to one side. An article published in Hong Kong's Ming Pao 1 991165438+1October 26th called this a stumbling block to creativity, and listed its various manifestations:1,which put too much emphasis on logical analysis of problems, only using vertical thinking methods and emphasizing language. 2. Defining the problem from the beginning often makes the thinking too narrow. 3. I like to look at problems from some so-called "orthodox" viewpoints, follow existing rules, and be limited by past experience. I think every question has a standard answer, so I only like to find the answer from one direction and can't think of multiple solutions. 5. jump to conclusions too early. 6. Resist change and refuse to admit that change is a part of life. 7. Always criticize new attempts or suggestions. This wrong way of thinking should be overcome. Secondly, we should pay attention to the cultivation of "innovation". 1In the speech of the National Education Conference held in June, 1999, it was further emphasized that in the face of the challenge of the rapid development of science and technology in the world, the national innovation ability must be raised to a height related to the rise and fall of the Chinese nation. ..... We must change the educational concepts and models that hinder the development of students' innovative spirit and innovative ability, especially the one-way instillation of knowledge by teachers, taking examination results as the only criterion to measure educational achievements, and the over-rigid educational system. Therefore, in the process of how to cultivate students' creative thinking, we must attach importance to developing students' personality, specialties and hobbies, so that students can run faster with long legs, avoid the single training mode of "one thousand people are one side", guide students to carry out "natural self-design" and let students learn actively according to their hobbies. Overcome the teaching of injection and cramming. No matter which course it is, if it is only instilled in students to solve given problems, it will not make teenagers feel any fun in learning, and of course it will not stimulate their enthusiasm and initiative in learning. On the contrary, let teenagers experience "happiness of discovery" and "happiness of creation" in repeated practice and setbacks. The result of education is not only to let students learn something, but also to learn to explore something. In the end, you can find the question where there is no question and the answer where there is no answer. Reform the examination system and grading standards. As early as the Song Dynasty, scholar Zhu said: "Sages teach students in accordance with their aptitude, from small to large, from big to big, and never abandon others." However, under the examination-oriented education, in many schools, the only field of students' performance is grades, which leads to the formation of a habitual view. If you get good grades, you are a good student. If you don't get good grades, there will be no future. The talents trained in this way may be some "examination experts", but their creativity, innovation and independent thinking ability may not be strong. Therefore, the college entrance examination will mainly examine what students have learned in middle school, and turn to mainly examine whether students have the ability to enter institutions of higher learning. Strengthen comprehensive practical training. The most effective way for people to acquire knowledge is not listening to others, but actually doing it to receive information more effectively and cultivate people's creativity. Take a third-grade student in the United States as an example: the teacher asked the child (8 years old) to observe the moon's profit and loss for one month, draw and describe the shape of the moon day by day; The children were asked to take the seeds home for planting, and observe and record their germination and growth process ... The teacher borrowed books about Indians from the school library, let the students read books and make cards by themselves, then took the cards home and wrote a report describing Indian life. These research-oriented topics, we students in China have to wait until the university or even graduate stage to start doing. Strengthen the communication between teachers and students, establish an equal and harmonious relationship between teachers and students, and advocate teachers and students to discuss problems together. The traditional teacher-student relationship is an "authority-obedience relationship". Teachers are not only the controllers of the teaching process, but also the organizers of teaching activities, the makers of teaching contents and the judges of students' achievements. Teachers and students can't exchange consciousness and explore knowledge on an equal level, which is actually an unequal personality relationship. Professor Qian Xuesen, a famous scientist in China, expounded the benefits of discussing problems on an equal footing to cultivate creative thinking with personal experience. Professor Carmen, Qian Xuesen's teacher, comes from the University of G? ttingen in Germany. After he went to California Institute of Technology, he also brought the democratic study style of G? ttingen University to the United States. He holds a seminar and an academic seminar every week. At the meeting, everyone is equal and can speak freely, express academic views and discuss openly. This provides a good opportunity for young Qian Xuesen to exercise creative thinking. In a free discussion between teachers and students, Qian Xuesen and his teacher Carmen had an argument. He insisted on his academic views and never gave in, which made Carmen very angry and his words were fierce and sharp. Later, after thinking, the world authority realized that his students were right on this issue. So, when I went to work the next day, Carmen, who was over 60 years old, came to Qian Xuesen's office, respectfully saluted Qian Xuesen, and then said, "Money, you were right about yesterday's argument, but I was wrong." Carmen's broad mind made Qian Xuesen forget it. Professor Chu once made such an analysis: open discussion is an extremely important link in cultivating innovative consciousness. Through discussion and complementary ideas, you can see your own shortcomings and other people's valuable views, and often during this period, you can produce new views. Yes, if you exchange an apple with others, there will still be an apple for each other. If you exchange an idea with others, everyone will not have only one idea. The collision between ideas will give birth to new ideas. Many famous universities in the world attach great importance to this point. Cambridge University has trained 2 1 Nobel Prize winners, and its main teaching method is one-on-one interview between teachers and students at least once a week. Harvard University has trained six American presidents, 32 Nobel Prize winners and two-thirds of the decision-making managers in the 500 largest consortia in the United States, which is world-renowned. His most common teaching mode is case analysis. In such an analysis class, everyone is both a teacher and a student. There is no uniform standard answer to the case, and no one's point of view is the only correct one. Students are free to speak and express their opinions, as long as the arguments are convincing enough, it is a good answer. In addition, the introduction of scientific research into the teaching process, efforts to make the teaching process research, the implementation of personalized teaching mode of education and teaching, and the opening of the second classroom can all be useful attempts to cultivate innovative thinking.