CREATIVEThinking Skills

CREATIVITY• Looks like…

• Sounds like...

• Feels like…

• Thinks like…

DEFINITION OF CREATIVITYCreativity involves:• Breaking away from traditional patterns of thought.• Reflective thought.• Deferring judgment.• Using Bloom’s analysis, evaluation and synthesis to

generate new knowledge and different solutions.

CHARACTERISTICS OF CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS

• Memory for facts• Independent.• Flexible.• Flexible.• Reflective.• Many ideas.• Complexity of thought.• Persistent.

• Memory for details.• Curious.• Imaginative.• Curious.• Open to ideas.• Fluency of thought.• Reflective.

BRAINSTORMING• Brainstorm possible barriers to the development of

creativity.

BARRIERS TO CREATIVITY• Cultural: traditions often rely on conformity.• Emotional: fears of making a mistake; seeming

foolish; fear of the unknown; reluctance to play.• Perceptual: the inability to break away from patterns

so can’t see the finer details’ overvaluing the real world.

• Environmental: classrooms that fail to stimulate or challenge; lack of resources, no time to “play”, or experiment.

CREATIVEThinking Skills