No-one is saying children HAVE to exhibit some form of creativity, but by nature, every child does have some form of creativity in them - from producing story ideas to simple mark making. It is the job of the teacher to be creative in his/her approach to teaching and by doing so acn capture creative thoughts and ideas from the children. we 'scaffold' the children to be the best they can be. What should be the requirement is teaching through creative methods in a way that encompasses as many different learning styles to reach as many children as possible. Perhaps we should say children should be encouraged to demonstrate their learning in ways other than pencil and paper?
Tom - you are very correct, the definition of creativity is very very hazy. Perhaps that needs to be outlined before we expect any white papers to include that word?
Sonja
No-one is saying children HAVE to exhibit some form of creativity, but by nature, every child does have some form of creativity in them - from producing story ideas to simple mark making. It is the job of the teacher to be creative in his/her approach to teaching and by doing so acn capture creative thoughts and ideas from the children. we 'scaffold' the children to be the best they can be. What should be the requirement is teaching through creative methods in a way that encompasses as many different learning styles to reach as many children as possible. Perhaps we should say children should be encouraged to demonstrate their learning in ways other than pencil and paper?
Tom - you are very correct, the definition of creativity is very very hazy. Perhaps that needs to be outlined before we expect any white papers to include that word?