FLFPSP is an
affiliate of the Future Problem Solving Program International
(FPSPI). FPSPI engages students in creative problem solving.
Founded by creativity pioneer, Dr. E. Paul Torrance, FPSPI stimulates
critical and creative thinking skills and encourages students to
develop a vision for the future. FPSPI features curricular and
co-curricular competitive, as well as non-competitive, activities in
creative problem solving. Future Problem Solving Program
International involves over 250,000 students annually from Australia,
Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Russia,
Singapore, and the United States.
Participants
develop skills of teamwork, communication, research, critical and
creative thinking, analysis, synthesis and evaluation. They learn
to apply these skills to situations that are futuristic but oriented to
real life. The competitive aspects of FPS are fun but the
benefits of learning a process that it can be used for the rest
of their lives, is the reason why teachers fall in love with the
program and continue to offer it to their students each year.
FPSPI Mission: To
develop the ability of young people globally to design and promote
positive futures using critical, creative thinking.
