In Ken Robinson’s TED Talk “Do Schools Kill Creativity?”, he states that instead of growing in creativity in school, we grow out of it. Dalile’s Blog, “How Schools are Killing Creativity” captures Ken Robinson perspective from a student’s point of view. She states, “I strongly feel that our methodologies in school are demolishing creativity. Students have lost their capacity of creation simply because our teaching methods don’t stimulate innovation and creativity.”

The traditional school curriculum may not stimulate innovation and creativity in school, but more districts are supporting students’ creativity through schools of choice.  Many schools district has several specialized schools that focus on the arts as well as academics. These non-traditional schools help stimulate students’ innovation and creativity by tailoring curriculums that promote creativity.  Encouraging the type of thinking that helps students deal well with novelty necessitates exposing them to novel situations. These may range from the imaginary to the realistic (Starko, 2013).

Dr. R. Keith Sawyer’s TED Talk, ” Schools That Foster Creativity”, states that “Today we are living in an innovation age, and creativity is more important than ever before in history. Graduates today need to maximize their own creative potential because jobs that don’t require creativity are outsourcing or automated.”

Many schools support creativity through schools of choice. These school help stimulate student’s innovations and creativity.

Brenda Jenkins, Teacher

ebjenkins@tx.rr.com

HSU Masters in Gifted Education Student

References

Dalile, L. (2012, April 10). How schools are killing creativity. Retrieved February 17, 2018, from https://www.huffingtonpost.com/line-dalile/a-dictator-racing-to-nowh_b_1409138.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Starko, A. (2013). Creativity in the classroom: Schools of curious delight, 5th ed.  New York, NY: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group.

Other source that support this blog:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-r-keith-sawyer/teaching-creativity_b_2258239.html