What are benefits and role of creativity in schools?In: Homeschooling |
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It has been proven that children are very creative for the reason that they think recursively. To give an example of how a recursive thinker thinks, For instance, if you would ask two people how to put a giraffe in a car, they would probably tell you to open the door and put it in. now if you ask them how to place an elephant in the car, a person who is not a recursive thinker would probably say open the door and put it in. The one who is would probably say take out the giraffe and put in the elephant, because such a thinker can link one situation to a previous one. This linking to different situations is the essence of creativity. Since up until now creativity was not stressed upon, its importance was lost and so was the creative thinking of those children who grew up. That is why sometimes we hear someone say that children are more creative than grownups. Edward de Bono, a pioneer in creative thinking wrote more about this in his book Serious Creativity and he referred to recursive thinking as movement (children) and non-recursive thinking as judgment (grownups). So if children are encourage (in schools) to think creatively they would probably retain such thinking even when they grow up. This is important because creative thinking allows a person to come up with original and novel ideas which could change the world for the best.
First answer by Ernest.spiteri. Last edit by Chidananda nsd. Contributor trust: 13 [recommend contributor]. Question popularity: 10 [recommend question]
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