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Making the choice
This past Sunday was Mother’s Day in the United States. A holiday inspired by Anna Jarvis, an educator, editor and business woman who never married or became a mother herself. Instead Jarvis campaigned to honor her own mother, a socially … Continue reading
Creative wiring
When it comes to creativity, evidently women’s appearance is important, far more than it should be. You will the large percent of singers, actors, dancers that are women. Their numbers continue to grow because their career is typically shorter than … Continue reading
To make or to show?
People often split creativity between the arts and sciences, placing painters, writers, composers, dancers and actors on one side, and biologist, chemists, mathematicians, psychologist and physicists on the other. There is another dichotomy apparent to anyone attempting innovation–the split of designing … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity
Tagged constructing, creativity in the arts, creativity in the sciences, performing
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Is creativity in men and women different?
Yearn to be recognized for creative achievement? Over forty? You may be too late – unless you are female. Creative production in a variety of fields – mathematics, medicine, physics, psychology – increased until age 30 -39 and then … Continue reading
Learning through social networking media?
In the past with students glued to their phones rather than paying attention in class, teachers wondered if they could teach better using a social network. Social media may be useful, but the belief that everyone is using it sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in Education trends, Technology in education
Tagged social learning, Social network
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Don’t like criticism? You might feel the same way about creativity.
Alex Osborn, known for founding the Creative Problem-Solving Institute, set up a structure for group creative brainstorming. One rule to free people from creative inhibitions forbid criticism and judgment during initial brainstorming. [1] There is no need to guess why. … Continue reading
The curse of creativity
It just isn’t fair. One person gets to be born with an enviable imagination, the ability to come up with new, innovative ideas, or create artistic masterpieces and the next person does not. Many cringe at the idea that creativity … Continue reading
How is creativity killed?
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
Are children more creative?
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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