Monthly Archives: March 2014

How is creativity killed?

Posted on March 25, 2014 by knlistman

If teaching students to be creative is one of the highest goals of education, we have a problem. The United States as a nation is becoming less creative. Unfortunately, the scores on are getting lower on the Torrance Test of … Continue reading →

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Are children more creative?

Posted on March 18, 2014 by knlistman

If you listened to Sir Ken Robinson’s TED talk about “How Schools Kill Creativity” [1], you would assume most children enter school tremendously talented and creative and exit at the opposite end of the spectrum. It is an entertaining talk, including … Continue reading →

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Can creativity be taught?

Posted on March 11, 2014 by knlistman

Anyone working with a program to encourage creativity has found that deliberate efforts to kick start creativity may fail while creative works may still arise in spite of a pedantic atmosphere. The work of the imagination is terribly unpredictable and … Continue reading →

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The origin of originality

Posted on March 4, 2014 by knlistman

Start any discussions on the origin of creativity and you will quickly find the group divided. On one side people claim it is an innate trait. You are either born with or without it. Keep on pressing this faction and … Continue reading →

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