Almost all office mission statements nowadays emphasize the desire for superior creative faculties. While human resources departments everywhere now include creativity on their list of qualifications for hiring new employees. But do we even know what these mission statements or job requirements actually have in mind when they use this word creativity? When we really [...]
What do you think about when you’re asked the question of “What is Creativity?” I don’t know about you but I really have to stop and give it lots of thought before I can actually begin to answer such a question. It seems so simple and yet the words seem to be on the tip [...]
Not all efforts toward the achievement of creativity are for the good of all people. There are some that cater only to a select few. Sometimes even to the point of being so fundamentalist oriented that they seek to weed out and destroy anything that tries to oppose their ideas or get in their way. [...]
When we talk about creativity in the workplace we’re not actually talking about the way you decorate your office or cubicle with the best colors, pictures or even arranging your furniture according to the latest feng shui guru. What we’re discussing here is the company atmosphere that can make you, and your coworkers, more productive [...]
No matter how young your child is, it’s important to begin thinking about creativity education ideas for children. However, these type of activities don’t need to be complicated or very structured to be helpful in stimulating the creativity of your child. In fact here are a couple of ideas for activities that will help stimulate [...]
When considering creativity for kids we must look at how they play. For children, play is naturally enjoyable. And for children playing is how they learn, develop and create. Since it’s through their active engagement with things in what we call “hands on” interactions that motives children to learn, any form of education needs to [...]
The world nowadays is just brimming with the latest forms of technology. Students, doing research, would rather surf the world wide web than manually flip the pages of an encyclopedia. Those who keep notes of their professor’s lectures would prefer to just hit the keyboard of their laptops than use the traditional method of pen [...]
The Internet contains a wealth of information about almost anything the mind can possibly think of. Therefore, it’s impossible for you to not find helpful creativity educational journal articles online in today’s world. You see, creativity is such a universal concept (and concern) that everybody is talking about it and trying to acquire it, regardless [...]
Creativity and education begins from the moment of birth. As humans, we love to explore and examine everything we can about the world that surrounds us. However, since young children aren’t yet equipped with the advanced speech capabilities or thought processes needed to fully communicate their thoughts and feelings to adults, their intellectual and creativity [...]
There are people who say that creativity is a trait only a selected few are born with, that it isn’t something taught because, like physical beauty, it is a gift or a privilege. Therefore these people conclude that creativity is not something that can be taught. So, can creativity be taught? What do you think? [...]