What is Creativity?

One of the priorities in 21^st Century education is to promote the importance of creativity. The Foundation Phase emphasizes the importance of creativity within a child’s education (Welsh Government, 2008).   The children should be continually expressing their creative minds across the whole curriculum including core subjects like mathematics. Children should have the opportunity to explore a wide range of stimuli inside and outside of the classroom. The Foundation Phase emphasises the importance of expressing these creative ideas, and the significance of the children reflecting on their ideas (Welsh Government, 2008).

I believe that creativity is the most important quality that we have, hence its underlined importance in today’s education.

This video expresses a number of people’s views on creativity, and what It means to them. This video is proof that creativity has different meanings to a variation of people and cannot have a single definition.

In my opinion, creativity is what further develops a society. Those who are creative use their imagination to invent and communicate new ideas, which benefits the development of countries. Some children are lucky enough to have their creative imaginations nurtured by their parents and teachers to form strong thinking abilities. Having their minds nurtured through childhood and receiving positive feedback, the children gain self- esteem and confidence, which benefits their future ability to create extraordinary ideas.  Creative thinkers are needed in nearly every business; scientists, business entrepreneurs, artists, illustrators, fashion designers or even educators are all creative thinkers. Without these creative thinkers, no new ideas would be invented. For example, cars, aeroplanes or computers would have been less likely to be invented without creativity, therefore we would still be living similarly to our ancestors.

‘Those with the ability to "think outside of the box" will lead the future and make special things happen.’ (Crayola, 2014)

References

Crayola (2014) Retrieved 12^th April 2014 from http://www.crayola.com/for-educators/resources-landing/parents-and-teachers-as-partners-landing/importance-of-creativity.aspx

Welsh Government (2008) Retrieved 12^th April 2014 from http://new.wales.gov.uk/dcells/publications/policy_strategy_and_planning/early-wales/whatisfoundation/foundationphase/2274085/frameworkforchildrene.pdf?lang=en

Alan Carr (2003) Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness and Human Strengths London:Routledge