Longoria and Cantu introduce a weekly in which students record spontaneous ideas, dreams, and observations. The diary is not graded for correctness but for idea frequency and elaboration . Teachers are instructed to provide only non-judgmental commentary, reinforcing the affective conditions described earlier.
In the year 2000, as the world held its breath for the Y2K bug and the internet was transitioning from a novelty to a necessity, two Mexican scholars—Longoria R. and Cantu I.—published a work that sought to anchor one of humanity’s most elusive faculties in pedagogical reality. Titled Pensamiento Creativo (Creative Thinking), this book arrived at a crucial moment. The 1990s had been dominated by total quality management and process optimization. The new millennium demanded something different: innovation, adaptability, and original problem-solving. Longoria R. Cantu I. -2000-. Pensamiento Creativo. Mexico