[ahy-dee-uh] noun
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity; a thought, conception, or notion; a plan of action: That is an excellent idea.
“Right now it’s only a notion, but I think I can get the money to make it into a concept, and later turn it into an idea.”
- Woody Allen, Filmmaker
[jen-uh-rey-shuhn] verb
the act or process of creation or production: We focus on the generation of original creative ideas.
“It is part of the educator’s responsibility to see equally to two things: First, that the problem grows out of the conditions of the experience being had in the present, and that it is within the range of the capacity of students; and, secondly, that it is such that it arouses in the learner an active quest for information and for production of new ideas. The new facts and new ideas thus obtained become the ground for further experiences in which new problems are presented.”
- John Dewey (1859–1952), US Philosopher & Educator