Importance of Creativity

8/13/2019 Importance of Creativity

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Creativity is theMostImportant

Thing We Can Teach OurChildren in the New Millennium

Bonnie CramondThe Department of Educational Psychology

& Instructional Technology

The University of Georgia


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B.Cramond, University of Georgia

R. Buckminster FullerRecalled that during his childhood at theturn of the last century, people tried topredict the future and could not begin toconceive of automobiles, electrons,travel to the moon, or even air wars as

reality.


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R. Buckminster FullerOnly about 1% of the world was literate, and

fewer still thought of humanity in world terms.

We, too, are poised on the brink of change in this

new millennium

Prediction is still true: successful adaptation toworld change and enrichment of our world depend

on creative endeavors.


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How Much of What You Learned in

School is True Now? There were only 49 states, or 48.

Man had not walked on the moon; even airplane trips

were reserved for the wealthy, and travel was easy. Our food was not zapped, and our files were not zipped.

The idea of a Black man or a woman running forpresident was unthinkable.(A Catholic was controversial)

UTube, ipods, cell phones, Skype, Blue Tooth, email,ebay, and Facebook had no meaning

Amazon, chats, and MySpace had different meanings,and text was not a verb.

People, not machines, got viruses.


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We are moving from industrial

societies to knowledge societies

We must realize that

it is time to movepast the 3 Rs ofReading, riting, and

rithmetic


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To the 4 Rs1. Richness of curriculum

2. Recursionthrough reflective interaction

3. Relationsof new understandings intothe larger picture; and

4. Rigorof being a critical consumer and

understanding the transitory nature ofknowledge

(Doll,1993)


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5th R: Reverse the Role of the Learner

Passive---> Active

Consumer---> Producer

Dependent--> Independent



Types of Creativity

Inventive

addresses a worthwhile problem novel and appropriate solution

Expressive Illustrates the creators emotions and aesthetics

original and valuable



Inventive Creativity Exhibited in mathematics,

science, and social arenas

Recognizes and identifies

problems that may or may

not be apparent to others,

When solved, result in animprovement in the

domainDean Kamen, Inventor



Inventive CreativitySaves and improves lives

Segway



Inventive CreativityMay produce an intangible product--

such as a social movement

Mohandas Ghandi

Martin Luther King, Jr.



Inventive Creativity

Finds worthwhile problems

Produces solutions of value

Watson, Crick, and Franklin (and Wilkins)


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New World Problems Inventive Novel solutions to unsolved problems

Early recognition & product creation

Market response


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According to Torrance,

When a person has no learned orpracticed solution to a problem,some degree of creativity isrequired


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January 2006

Davos,Switzerland World Economic Forum

Annual Meeting

The purpose of a newsletter ist oprovide

specializedinformation toa targetedaudience. Newsletters can be a great way tomarket your product orservice, and alsocreate credibility andbuild your

organizationsidentity amongpeers,members, employees, orvendors.First, determine the audience of the

newsletter. This could be anyonewho mightbenefit from the information it contains, forexample, employees orp eople interestedin

purchasinga product or requesting yourservice.

Youcan compile a mailing list frombusinessreplycards, customer information sheets,Business cards collected at trade shows, ormembership lists. You might consider

The Creative Imperative

Innovative Solutions to Global Challenges

The purpose of a newsletter ist oprovide

specializedinformation toa targeted

audience. Newsletters can be a great way to

market your product orservice, and also

create credibility andbuild your

organizationsidentity amongpeers,

members, employees, orvendors.

First, determine the audience of the

newsletter. This could be anyonewho might

benefit from the information it contains, for

example, employees orp eople interestedin

purchasinga product or requesting your

service.

Youcan compile a mailing list frombusiness

replycards, customer information sheets,

Business cards collected at trade shows, or

membership lists. You might consider

purchasinga mailing list from a company.

If youexplo rethe Project Gallery, youwill

purchasinga mailing list from a company.

If youexp lorethe Project Gallery, youwillfind many publications that match the styleof your newsletter.

Next, establish howmuch time andmoney

you can spendon your newsletter. Thesefactors will help determine howfrequentlyyoupublish thenewsletter and itslength.

find many publications that match the style

of your newsletter.

Next, establish howmuch time andmoney

you can spendon your newsletter. These

factors will help determine howfrequently

youpublish thenewsletter andits length.Itsrecommendedthat youpublish your

newsletter at least quarterly so tha t its

considered a consistent source of

information. Your customers or emplo yees

will lookforward toits arrival.

Creativity Promotes Economic

Growth

Recent reports maintainthat our nation cannot

retain its economic andscientific position in thecompetitive world with awork force that has

mastered only minimumcompetencies


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Prototypical U.S. Industry

in 10 years if all goes well


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Richard Florida, EconomistThe Rise of the Creative Class:

And How It's Transforming Work,Leisure, Community and Everyday

Life(2002)

There is a new social class,the creative class, whogenerate new ideas, new

technology, and new creativecontent that profoundlyinfluence work and lifestyleissues.

The Flight of the Creative Class:

The New Global Competition for

Talent (2005)

Nations are in competition to

nurture and retain their most

creative talent because theyare linked to a nations

prosperity.


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Top Five European Countries and the

U.S. in Number of Patents in 2001

Country # of Applications % of Total

Germany 21,308 19.37

France 6,802 6.18

Netherlands 5,371 4.88

U. K. 4,853 4.41

Switzerland 3,808 3.46

U.S.A. Approx. 300,000 NA


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Patents filedin 1998 Per million

inhabitants

Per million

Euro in

R&D

Per 1000

research

ers

EU 98,986 263 0.70 115

USA 132,767 482 0.65 137

Japan 357,379 2824 3.48 591


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As the rest of the world becomes moreinterested in creativity, the U.S. isfocusing on basics.

As we focus on leaving no child behind,the rest of the world is leaving us

behind.


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What of Expressive Creativity?The impetus for the arts

Results not from the

recognition of aproblem,

But from the need to

communicate with

others and/or expressoneself


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Not real dichotomy

inventive expressive

Aesthetic experience

in the realization of anelegant solution to a

problem

There are many

problems to be solvedin the completion any

artistic expression


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Not real dichotomy

inventive expressive

Combination-- a new

menu item

makes use of an

abundance of a food

(inventive)

takes care to make the

new item as appealing to

the senses as possible

(expressive).


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Expressive Creativity Helps Us

Understand Our World

By using world

events as thesubject matter ofthe creations

For example, theSpanish Civil Warinspired these:

Guernica


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Expressive CreativityHelps us deal withthe stresses of

modern life

Maya Angelou wrote about

the racism and rape shesuffered in her life in I Know

Why the Caged Bird Sings


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Expressive Creativity

Helps us to express the anguish, longing, andloneliness we sometimes feel, and to relate to others

QuickTime and a

TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor

are needed to see this picture.


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Multiculturalism and TechnologyOpportunities for creatorsto

reach a wider audienceexplore alternateavenues of expression

Bypass the gatekeepers


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Hoffer, 1973In a time of drastic change, it is

the learners who inherit thefuture. The learned findthemselves equipped to live

only in a world that no longerexists


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B C d U i it f G i

This is a time of drastic

change

Our children must all belearners...and creative

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