Tag: Creativity and innovation
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How To Escape Death Valley
It is my last essay for 2020 and I wanted to express my thoughts on what the future could look like, if we create the path forward into 2021. I feel like we are standing at a time of choice. Some yearn for the way it was before the pandemic, but others are quick to…
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Three Ways for Teachers to Reclaim Creativity in the Classroom
It is exciting to think about what we could create for the children of tomorrow. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! “And the people in the houses. All went to the university, Where they were put in boxes. And they came out all the same.” Malvina Reynolds’ song “Little Boxes” is a scathing look at…
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The Education Model Kills Creativity
but it could be reimagined in an innovative way. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! The current model of education in the United States is stifling the creative soul of our children. While this is troubling for a variety of reasons, it also has significant economic consequences for the future of our country. America has…
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The State of Creativity in America’s Schools
It is never too late to change, if we can find the will to do so. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! In the early twentieth century, a progressive education movement largely attributed to the thinking of John Dewey set out to reform education such that it would focus on meaningful learning opportunities rather than…
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Teachers ‘need an end to joyless curriculum’
I can only imagine how difficult it must be to teach at this point in history. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! Shadow education secretary Kate Green has warned that schools need to teach pupils “a wider understanding of the world they’re growing up in” rather than just teaching skills for future employment and “cramming…
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What creativity really is – and why schools need it
Imagine how difficult it is to inspire creativity in the workplace when young people have had it taught out of them. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! Although educators claim to value creativity, they don’t always prioritize it. Teachers often have biases against creative students, fearing that creativity in the classroom will be disruptive. They…
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Why Creative People Are Rarely Seen as Leaders
Is that why there are few ‘Chief Creative Officers’ of companies? Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! We are in love with the word Eureka, and for a good reason. Creativity is magic: it’s the ability to create something out of nothing, to make connections that others don’t see. Everyone wants to work for, or…
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A LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® CreaSpaTreat is what I built during the pandemic
“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct.” – Carl Jung I never intended to create something during a pandemic in 2020. I didn’t think my last International landing at YVR in early March 2020 might be the last touchdown for a year or more. Being grounded…
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Isaac Newton Changed the World While in Quarantine From the Plague
Large blocks of time where a person can think deeply might be highly productive, as shown by the accomplishments of Newton. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! When the Great Plague of London ravaged through the British city beginning in 1665, Issac Newton was a student at Trinity College, Cambridge. As described in Gale Christianson’s…
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Did Shakespeare write King Lear in plague quarantine?
The Elizabethans had to overcome a great deal of adversity in daily life. It is no surprise that life had to go on, even during a quarantine from the plague. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! While those of us stuck in self-isolation or working from home watch TikTok videos and refresh liveblogs, a meme has…