The Greatest Enemy of Creativity in Schools Isn’t Testing. It’s Time.
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Greatest Enemy of Creativity in Schools Isn’t Testing. It’s Time.
Stephen Noonoo, EdSurge, 2018/12/19
After having just written a draft article on experience and creativity saying such uplifting things as "It is the history, process and provenance of the creation that gives it meaning, relevance, and ultimately, truth" it is a disappointment to read this item on the same topic from EdSurge that depicts "assessment as the key to everyday creativity in the classroom” and that " there will be the layer of assessment that relates directly to the content." Be as creative as you want, the message seems to be, but don't create the think wrong. More...
Future graduates will need creativity and empathy – not just technical skills
Government education policy focuses on the importance of hard science, but soft skills matter, too. More...
Why it is (almost) impossible to teach creativity
How to Be Creative
How to Be Creative
Nice article that should probably have been titled "How to be good at anything." The author's main point is that "everybody has their own private Mount Everest they were put on this earth to climb," and that the difference between a worthwhile life and the other lies in the decision to climb it (my 'Everest' is stated at the bottom of my home page). More...
How to make a living from your art: young artists share their stories
How hard is it to start a creative career? Five young artists reveal their experiences. More...
'Liquid gold': students make world's first brick out of human urine
The bio-brick created by students in Cape Town mixes urine with sand and bacteria, which they say is a world first. More...
Creativity can be the bridge between science and humanities education
In his famous Rede Lecture of 1959, chemist and novelist C P Snow spoke of the separation of science and the humanities, and the lack of respect and understanding that often exists between the fields. More...
Creativity is a human quality that exists in every single one of us
When you think about creativity, it might be highly creative people like Mozart, da Vinci or Einstein who spring to mind. They were all considered to be “geniuses” for their somewhat unique talents that led to global innovation in their fields. Their type of creativity is what’s known as “Big C creativity” (or historical) and is not very common in everyday life. Not all of us can create works of art or music or scientific theories that are new to the world. More...
Quotes from from Creativity by Csikszentmihalyi (Part 3)
Quotes from from Creativity by Csikszentmihalyi (Part 3)
Doug Johnson, Blue Skunk Blog, February 27, 2014
You can probably deduce that there is a part 1 and part 2 as well. But this is the one that caught my eye. "
Everyone agrees that necessary as it is to listen to the unconscious, it is not sufficient. More...