Why Creativity Now?
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In "Why Creativity Now?" creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson dispels the myth that giving precedence to creativity in education will result in unstructured curriculum or initiatives targeted to a select content or students.
Creativity is a disciplined process that produces results: You can't be creative if you don't do something, says Robinson. And along the way, you need to evaluate how well your ideas are working—it's not just about coming up with new ideas, he adds.
A policy for creativity in education needs to be about everybody, just as education for creativity is about the whole curriculum, not just part of it, he says.
The pace of change in our world and economy coupled with the threat of the shrinking scope of curriculum and methods to accommodate standardization make now a perfect time to champion creativity in education.
Robinson says you can assess creativity—it just takes some extra thought. How have you checked progress of students' development of creativity skills?
(This interview also available in audio.)
