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By: John Hardison. ‘The Blender’ interactive learning structure is designed to foster engaged learning, by adding the main ingredient needed for students to express their creativity—opportunity. Via John Evans 
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Are we killing students' creativity in school? They have assigned seats and assigned groups. They must seek permission to go to the toilet or get a drink. The entire day of a student is filled with numerous acts of compliance and few opportunities for creativity. Via paul rayner
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Play invites creativity and collaboration, and can inspire you to think out of the box! Take a recess and learn about the benefits of connecting with your inner-child. Via Ariana Amorim
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With logic you start out with certain ingredients just as in playing chess you start out with given pieces. But what are those pieces? In most real life situations the pieces are not given, we just assume they are there. We assume certain perceptions, certain concepts and certain boundaries. Lateral thinking is concerned not with playing with the existing pieces but with seeking to change those very pieces. Lateral thinking is concerned with the perception part of thinking. This is where we organise the external world into the pieces we can then 'process'.
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http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Thinking
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Think-Different
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Think+outside+the+box
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Matt Manfredi's curator insight,
May 14, 2017 9:08 PM
Thanks Gus-A healthy human brain does not want to always be creative, it is designed to figure out how to do things or how to think about things and then 'locks' that automatic response or behaviour into a subconscious process so that your conscious brain can focus on other matters.
Begoña Pabón's curator insight,
May 15, 2017 4:24 PM
Pensar de forma diferente...mirar mas allá de lo evidente... conduce a soluciones inesperadas a viejos problemas.
Andrea Mejia Medina's curator insight,
May 23, 2017 7:38 PM
Lateral thinking is the art of looking at things sideways, and not choosing the obvious answer. When we think laterally, we look a little bit deeper into things. Lateral thinking makes new ideas posible If we are able to look at things differently, and make an unlikely connection, this will take us to a new way of problem solving, as suggested by O’Sullivan, 2008, “search as far outside the boundaries of convention as you can” (p.57). Lateral thinking leads us away from the rules and structure we normally encounter; this can be a mental block on our creativity.
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Alison Gopnik is the author of the New York Times best seller The Philosophical Baby, a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal, and a pioneer in developmental psychology and understanding the way children learn. Gopnik’s new book, The Gardener and the Carpenter—which came out in August 2016—addresses the growing pressure on parents and teachers to ensure that children develop in one particular way.
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http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Creativity
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Gust MEES's curator insight,
October 29, 2016 7:27 PM
Alison Gopnik is the author of the New York Times best seller The Philosophical Baby, a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal, and a pioneer in developmental psychology and understanding the way children learn. Gopnik’s new book, The Gardener and the Carpenter—which came out in August 2016—addresses the growing pressure on parents and teachers to ensure that children develop in one particular way.
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http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Creativity
OneydaAyala's curator insight,
October 30, 2016 6:57 PM
This article is actually an interview of Alison Gobnik the author whom wrote the New York Times best seller The Philosophical Baby. In the interview, the reporter for Edutopia (an educational foundation) discussed some matters that were found in Gobnik's book. The first topic discussed was that of parent and teacher roles. According to Gobnik who has done 15 years worth of research on biological evolution and psychological development, children should be exposed to a rich environment and be given the liberty to explore for themselves. She addresses the fact that children, especially young ones, are far much better learners than we can be teachers. She addresses the importance of family roles in early childhood. Children should not be limited to just their parents and school material but rather they should be in a community of learning. Extended family aides in the learning and interaction of children. It is at a young age that they learn to observe others and replicate their observations. However, both educators and parents have fallen into the pressure of traditional schooling because they seek to teach children a set of specific skills that they hope will aide in them in their future success. The author makes special reference to the 19th century when schools taught a narrow array of skills to fit the industrial age. Other questions asked by the reporter include: the role of play, the role of technology, and the spike of ADHD diagnosed in children.
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Suspends Judgment – Silences the Inner Critic
The ability to hold off on judging or critiquing an idea is important in the process of creativity. Often great ideas start as crazy ones – if critique is applied too early the idea will be killed and never developed into something useful and useable. (note – this doesn’t mean there is never a time for critique or judgement in the creative process – it’s actually key – but there is a time and place for it). (http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/05/09/9-attitudes-of-highly-creative-people/) Many new ideas, because they are new and unfamiliar, seem strange, odd, bizarre, even repulsive. Only later do they become “obviously” great. Other ideas, in their original incarnations, are indeed weird, but they lead to practical, beautiful, elegant things. Thus, it is important for the creative thinker to be able to suspend judgment when new ideas are arriving, to have an optimistic attitude toward ideas in general. Tolerates Ambiguity
Persists Even When Confronted with Skepticism & Rejection
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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Creativity
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James J. Goldsmith's curator insight,
March 16, 2015 2:24 PM
From the article: "Mindsets are simply defined as 'the ideas and attitudes with which a person approaches a situation.' Mindsets imply that mental and attitudinal states can assist one in being successful with a given skill set. I believe this to be true for engaging in the creative process, that a creative mindset is a prerequisite to being creative." Of particular interest to brainstormers. 
Catharine Bramkamp's curator insight,
March 17, 2015 2:42 PM
Creatives are simultaneously essential and aggravating. You know who you are, you are the person at the board table asking why? No one wants to answer you so they pass you over. But that is one of the strongest attributes of a creative mind: why? Why have we always done it this way? Why are we promoting our products this way? Why are we meeting? Ask one why question a day - just to keep limber. 
Barbara Wilson's curator insight,
March 18, 2015 7:43 AM
I love the graphic here and so agree with this overview of creativity |
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"Art can bring out the kind of creativity and passion in our students that we can only dream about seeing in other subject areas. Art gives our students the opportunity to express themselves in new and different ways ..." Via Leona Ungerer
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Curiosity is the key to learning. You’re never too old to learn and grow, and to develop a more meaningful life. Curiosity opens doors. Blame closes them. Via paul rayner
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There’s an aching difference between an adult and the child the adult once was. When I was a small child I wanted to be a… Via John Evans
hayley peluchette's curator insight,
August 21, 2017 10:45 AM
Everyone should take 2 minutes to watch this beautiful, brilliant short to remind us why we do the jobs we do!
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When we think about creativity and innovation, the words “humor” and “goofiness” don’t typically come to mind. But I’d argue that this is a critical piece of what it means to cultivate a climate of creativity. Via John Evans, massimo facchinetti, malek
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“CHANGE” is the rule of nature. As technology is changing frequently and if you want to walk with the world you need to be creative and innovative as well. Nobody can make sure that the world is going to be same five years later because everything is changing with the blink of an eye. So, it is very important for all of us to know to keep ourselves updated. Creativity is related to ‘imagination’ but innovation is related to ‘implementation’. Here we have discussed all the significant differences between creativity and innovation, have a look.
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http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Creativity
https://gustmees.wordpress.com/?s=creativity
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Dennis Swender's insight:
“CHANGE” is the rule of nature. As technology is changing frequently and if you want to walk with the world you need to be creative and innovative as well. Nobody can make sure that the world is going to be same five years later because everything is changing with the blink of an eye. So, it is very important for all of us to know to keep ourselves updated. Creativity is related to ‘imagination’ but innovation is related to ‘implementation’. Here we have discussed all the significant differences between creativity and innovation, have a look.
Learn more:
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Creativity
https://gustmees.wordpress.com/?s=creativity
Guowei Zhang's curator insight,
March 20, 2016 4:58 AM
I strongly agree with the author , creativity and innovation are different but both of them are important. Creativity is related to thinking something new, it can help us come up with new ideas , innovation is related to introducing something new, it can help us improve our ideas and put them into action . Therefore , the existence of both can lead to success. We can be creative by asking questions, drawing conclusions, experimenting & exploring new ideas and widening the areas of thinking. For being innovative, a person must have the ability to take risks, experimenting, asking questions and observing things.
Bernard Buchel's curator insight,
March 21, 2016 4:05 AM
“CHANGE” is the rule of nature. As technology is changing frequently and if you want to walk with the world you need to be creative and innovative as well. Nobody can make sure that the world is going to be same five years later because everything is changing with the blink of an eye. So, it is very important for all of us to know to keep ourselves updated. Creativity is related to ‘imagination’ but innovation is related to ‘implementation’. Here we have discussed all the significant differences between creativity and innovation, have a look.
Learn more:
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Creativity
https://gustmees.wordpress.com/?s=creativity
Miguel Paul Trijaud Calderón's curator insight,
March 27, 2016 1:50 PM
“CHANGE” is the rule of nature. As technology is changing frequently and if you want to walk with the world you need to be creative and innovative as well. Nobody can make sure that the world is going to be same five years later because everything is changing with the blink of an eye. So, it is very important for all of us to know to keep ourselves updated. Creativity is related to ‘imagination’ but innovation is related to ‘implementation’. Here we have discussed all the significant differences between creativity and innovation, have a look.
Learn more:
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Creativity
https://gustmees.wordpress.com/?s=creativity
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