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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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