Orig. Published The Daily Riff 12/10
Terrific read from The Wall Street Journal, on the heels of the enormous coverage about this topic in various permutations - (see links below):
The Creativity Crisis via Newsweek
How Creative are You? "The correlation to lifetime creative accomplishment was more than three times stronger for childhood creativity than childhood IQ."
The Creativity Initiative in Singapore by Bill Jackson
The Anti-Creativity Checklist Video
Charlie Rose: The Creative Brain
Top Viral Video Pokes the Education System - Sir Ken Robinson Video
Changing the Education Paradigm - Video with Sir Ken Robinson
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Just tell me what to do.
I want to be right.
I want to be right.
Terrific read from The Wall Street Journal, on the heels of the enormous coverage about this topic in various permutations - (see links below):
Wow . . . check it out plus related posts from The Daily Riff:"When art teacher Kandy Dea recently assigned fourth-graders in her Walnut, Iowa, classroom to create a board game to play with a friend, she was shocked by one little boy's response: He froze.
While his classmates let their imaginations run wild making up colorful characters and fantasy worlds, the little boy said repeatedly, "I can't think of anything," Ms. Dea says. Although she reassured him that nothing he did would be judged "wrong," he tried to copy another student's game, then asked if he could make a work sheet instead. She finally gave him permission to make flash cards with right-and-wrong answers . . "
The Creativity Crisis via Newsweek
How Creative are You? "The correlation to lifetime creative accomplishment was more than three times stronger for childhood creativity than childhood IQ."
The Creativity Initiative in Singapore by Bill Jackson
The Anti-Creativity Checklist Video
Charlie Rose: The Creative Brain
Top Viral Video Pokes the Education System - Sir Ken Robinson Video
Changing the Education Paradigm - Video with Sir Ken Robinson
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Your points about providing the environment and level of trust is so true. How do you "teach" parents to stay away from idea generation when kids are often graded and "winners" celebrated? It's a vicious circle.
Not surprising to me at all. Frequently, good-intentioned parents and others provide the idea generation and more "to help their kids maximize their grades / awards." And of course that simply kills any creativity motivation / skills development. Youngsters from a very early age are incredibly curious and creative. Any observing grandparent such as I am can tell you of incredible creative situations where grandchildren accomplish and fill needs with phenomenal approaches.
Just remember you can't teach or train students to be curious; what we all can do is provide an environment and level of trust for learners that enhances their probability of being creative. It is a messy and unpredictable process - but as noted previously young learners are naturally curious and creative to begin with.