What is creativity?[cre-a-tiv-i-ty]
noun
1. The capacity to generate ideas; things that have value to the individual.
2. Looking at things with a fresh eye; examining problems with an open mind; making connections; learning from mistakes and using the imagination to explore new possibilities.
In the 2013 Creative Learning Plan the Scottish Governmet stated that
‘A more creative Scotland can only be realised through creative responses to all challenges, across society, at every level. Achieving this will take the e orts of everyone who is passionate about learning, from policy-makers and teachers to professional creative people.’ To help facilitate this education authorities across scotland were funded to develop Creative Learning Networks.
Four Creativity Skills were focused on
- Imagination
- Problem solving
- Curiosity
- Open Mindedness
Creativity skills include
- Being curious
- Registering patterns and anomalies
- Drawing on previous knowledge
- Researching productively
- Formulating good questions
- Defining problems
- Exploring multiple viewpoints
- Functioning with uncertainty
- Lateral thinking
- Hypothesising
- Synthesising and refining multiple options and viewpoints
- Inventing
- Crafting, delivering and presenting solutions
- Applying discipline and resilience
- Evaluating impact and success of solutions
- Identifying next steps in refinement or development process
