This week’s topic is all about the creative process and more importantly how it can be applied to our own practice and be used as an effective problem-solving tool. So, to effectively use creativity (or be creative) it’s important to understand what creativity is.
The business Dictionary defines creativity as the “Mental characteristic that allows a person to think outside of the box, which results in innovative or different approaches to a particular task.”
(BusinessDictionary.com, 2019)
Whereas, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi defines creativity as “a central source of meaning in our lives. Most of the things that are interesting, important, and human are the result of creativity. What makes us different from apes—our language, values, artistic expression, scientific understanding, and technology—is the result of individual ingenuity that was recognized, rewarded, and transmitted through learning.”
(Psychology Today, 2016)
For myself, creativity is the tool I use to fix everyday problems at work as a teacher, such as dealing with a lack of usable teaching resources, socially distanced seating arrangements, interesting class projects and differentiated teaching. It is also how I define and develop my own thoughts and ideas into something more substantial for my own creative activities and projects.
Whenever possible, I tend to use a variety of processes and techniques to achieve my creative goals. I will describe these in further detail in my Week 2 Challenge Blog.
References made in this blog:
BusinessDictionary.com. (2019). What is creativity? definition and meaning. [online] Available at: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/creativity.html.
Psychology Today. (2016). The Creative Personality. [online] Available at: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/199607/the-creative-personality.
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