What is Creativity?
Creativity is an unpredictable, variety of extraordinary ideas
that come out of each individuals brain independently and is
different from anyone else through a diverse view of the
world.
Why does Creativity matter in Education?
Creativity matters in Education because at such a young and
undeveloped age children are full of it. Kids are not afraid of
being wrong or being judged when they mess up they just
simply be themselves all the time, which provides for
originality and uniqueness through every child. We as an
education system usually try to make the students fit into a
small box, when in all reality each kid needs their own box to
move around in and learn to thrive independently and to
know that it's ok to be different (that it's even awesome!).
Have you ever been in a situation where you
felt as if a
teacher didn't let you be creative? If
so, explain.
Yes, In my sixth grade Social Studies class we were doing an
activity that had a possibility of many possible answers
depending on your own belief. When I raised my hand to say
what I thought the teacher quickly shut me down and told
me to think realistically as if there was no possible chance
that my answer could be chosen. I rose my hand again after
pondering what she had said to me to asking why my answer
wouldn't work and she simply said "quit goofing around" like
I was playing dumb. She made my thoughts seem
unimportant and wrong because she wouldn't except the way
I was thinking outside of the box.
Have you ever had a teacher that let you be as
creative
as possible? If so, explain.
Yes, In seventh grade Reading my teacher always gave us
projects but only had a few regulations. She said that we
could do whatever we wanted as long as we touched a few
topics thoroughly in our project. My group decided that we
were going to do a video over shark attacks and we
attempted to reenact Jaws (as a parody).
How do we fix the problem(s) described by
Sir Ken Robinson?
We should recognize the uniqueness in every child and treat
them as they are instead of trying to pretend that each child
is the same. We should encourage students to pursue their
hopes and dreams. We should create a wide open
interpretation of events and ideas and welcome the
originality of what each child thinks.
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