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CREATIVITY
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DEFINITION OF CREATIVITY
Creativity 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.
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