Creativity is my heart and soul of education, as a student and a teacher. My undergraduate degree is in Theatre and without theatre I would be just another high school drop-out. I can go on and on about how much I agree with Sir Ken Robinson. However, I would like to share two of my thoughts on ways creativity is important.
Schools and parents focus on academic studies and not the arts (creative). I believe that all people have passion and a passion for something: math, the law, medicine, painting, dancing, religion, sports, etc. Some passions are academic based, some passions are arts based and some are neither. Combining academics with creativity to support a child's passion can enhance a child education. Perfect example is a child who does not like writing, but loves baseball: have the child write a story about a baseball player (combine academic, creativity and passion).
Creativity is the forerunner of technology. We would not have cell phones, internet, automobiles, airplanes, etc without creativity. We needed to imagine the possibilities before we could design and engineer the technology.
Be a creative teacher and encourage your students to be creative. We need to focus on each student's individual capacity!!
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One of the things I always found interesting about William Shakespeare is that he made up his own words to fit his writing style. Many of the words we use in our vernacular are due to him. Talk about creativity!
You made such a great point by saying that we would not have cell phones or airplanes. When I was reading it I realized that I had never actually though of it that way. We are so lucky that there are people out there who have the ability to think outside of the box.
I love your last little paragraph there about encouraging our children's creativity! They are the future of this country!
I think that you brought up a great and valid point, that your life was changed because someone allowed you to express a talent that wasn't academic and that helped you get through school. I think that all talents need to be nourished and praised whether academic or non-academic.
You have taken all of my ideas and posted them in your blog :). I could not agree more with you more with your post. Teachers utilizing students’ passion to intrigue them as well as teach them is the simplest yet affective method, in my opinion. I just wish creative-base professions were held with the same regard as academic based. Everyone contributed to society in their own way.
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