Creativity in the Classroom



Creativity is one of the most important things to foster in schools and classrooms. If students are not trying to expand their minds and develop new ideas, they won’t apply themselves. Creativity is encouraged in many different ways. First, creativity is a stepping stone that can lead to advancement in discoveries and economic development in the future (Ahmadi & Besancon, 2017, pg 2). Second, the teachers play an essential Finally creative role in encouraging creativity and can affect the student’s attitudes in the future (Ahmadi & Besancon, 2017, pg 3). Third, creativity can lead to other skills set like communications and collaboration with others (Schmoelz, 2017). Fourth, creativity can strengthen skills like expressing emotions, social participation, and personal discovery that are important to a child’s development (Schmoelz, 2017).  Catherine Thimmesh (2014) talks about creativity can come in many forms and many different levels of creativity. She talks about simply turning different shapes into other things as a form of creativity. That it takes time to develop in the students, and we need to encourage them to take those steps.


Using a STEM activity to get students to tell what they did over the summer using limited materials to complete it. The students have to problem solve on how they can create one scene from their summer vacation. Then the students have to describe the scene to others, and it doesn’t have to be perfect. 




References

Ahmadi, N., & Besancon, M. (2017, August 1). Education Research International. Creativity as a Stepping Stone towards Developing Other Competencies in Classrooms, 2017, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/1357456

Schmoelz, A. (2017). Creativity. On Co-Creativity in Playful Classroom Activities, 4(1). https://sciendo.com/pdf/10.1515/ctra-2017-0002

Thimmesh, C. (2014, November 4). Creativity in the classroom (in 5 minutes or less!) [TED Talk on YouTube]. https://youtu.be/nASvIgSOCxw

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