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What is creativity?

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What is creativity?

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.
Sir Ken Robinson

Why Creativity?

• In a world where lifelong employment in the same job is a thing of the past, creativity is not a luxury. It is essential for personal security and fulfillment. Sir Ken Robinson, Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative
• The greatest problems facing society will require much higher levels of creative thinking and innovation

Education Implications

If we think of creativity as a skill , then we understand creative skills can be taught and encouraged

The challenge for educators is to nourish and develop children's natural creativity, not stifle it.

Ways to make learning more creative

Ideas

• Open ended Projects-give students freedom of choice
• PBLs
• Roud Table Discussion
• Allow for Collaboration
• Utilize technology
• hands-on experimentation, problem solving, discussion and collaborative work.

Open Ended

• Teaching for creativity involves asking open-ended questions where there may be multiple solutions; working in groups on collaborative projects, using imagination to explore possibilities; making connections between different ways of seeing; and exploring the ambiguities and tensions that may lie between them.Sir Ken Robinson, Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative

Encourage peer teaching and collaborative team projects
Provide a safe place to take sensible risks
Foster self-efficacy and intrinsic motivation
Be inclusive and respect diversity in all its forms

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