CREATIVITY IN EDUCATION

CREATIVITY IN EDUCATION

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GOD AND THE LITTLE GIRL

• Kids take chances.
• Wrong & Creative: Be Prepared
• Don't wait until they are critics

EDUCATION AND THE CREATIVITY CRISIS

• Solve Globe Problems - Storage of Portable Water
• Human body 98% water:
• "Reclaim the water after the person dies" - Student
• "Squeeze water from dead body." - Teacher
• Creativity core to world's biggest problems

THE LITTLE GIRL AND GOD

• Kids take chances.
• Wrong & Creative
• Stigmatizing mistakes; do not wait for the inner critic

THE DEFAULT OF OUR PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE

• We seek the least challenging option to our own thinking.
• As educators allowing the least challenging option to:
• Define our teaching
• Student learning
• = severely limits the prospects for engaging creativity and critical thinking.