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The most popular TED talk on YouTube asks if education is killing creativity. There is no consensus on the answer. But everybody seems to agree creativity will be necessary for both the every changing future and for being a well adjusted individual.
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Only a small minority of people would claim that education is deliberately designed to suppress creative thinking. This seemed to be the assumption in films like Dead Poets Society, which saw the status quo as oppressive and then promoted the individual who was the exception. But that is a Hollywood myth. Teachers are not trying to hold students back. Nor are they trying to keep them in the past traditions. The idea is for students to learn the history and then build on it in the future.
Some people would claim that education methods inadvertently holds back creativity. This is quite possible, and a cause for concern. An education that is entirely analytical may inadvertently prevent the student from thinking outside the box. A student might learn to approach everything in a straightforward manner, and not explore other options. Everything becomes a variation on the present approach. There is no lateral thinking and no paradigm shift.
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What will the world look like in 40 years? Obviously nobody presently knows. But it will be different to today’s world, and we will need to makes changes in order to live there, and make changes to address the problems of the day. With environmental problems and an increasing population there will be no way to maintain the present world. Change is inevitable, and we will need creative thinking to handle the problems that come with a changing world.
The world of tomorrow is where the students of today will live. The education they receive now will massively influence the decisions they make in the future and how they solve problems.
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To quote a popular TED talk by Ken Robinson: ‘creativity is as important is literacy’.
But what fosters creativity?
Not being afraid to be wrong is one key point. There is no reason not to consider multiple ideas, knowing in advance that many are mistakes, but that there are a few good options amid all the false starts. Scientists and artists both know this. There are many failed experiments that lead to a new discovery, and many rough draft ideas that lead to a final work of art. Mistakes and random ideas are part of the process.
Why is this relevant? Because education methods can make students afraid to make mistakes. Wrong answers can be ridiculed. And the student ends up just sticking to the safe approach, repeating what they think is right, and becomes uncreative in the process.
Being wrong is not creative or necessarily original; most of the mistakes have been made before in the past. But trying different ideas, right and wrong, is creative. And this can lead to something useful. Mistakes are part of the process, but hopefully no the end result.
Interdisciplinary studies help creativity. Different subjects are approached in different ways, and by learning to think in different ways, to view a subject from many perspectives, by letting different ways of thinking interact, we help foster creativity.
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Education help the individual develop in an effective way, and then contribute to society. Tutoring can benefit the developing individual.
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