"Annotated Biblography Draft"

 

Fasko, Daniel. “Education and Creativity.” Creativity Research Journal 13 (2000-2001): 317-327. Print.

            In this article it represents many factors to what is creativity, and how it used to stimulate an individual’s motivation in school. Studies were shown through metacognition,, which is how creativity is increased. Also the article represented theories that have influenced the understanding of what creativity really means. The article also represents ten different relations of academic achievement. Individuals develop creativity though different styles and techniques throughout school. The evaluation of creativity in schools varies with, colleges taking it the least serious.

            Issues of creative thinking skills were discussed by the author. Styles demand theories of creative thinking were all given with interesting examples. The attitudes of teacher’s concerns can make a difference towards students leaving with creativity. Many programs offered in school can stimulate creativity and creative thinking for students.

            I will use this source in my work to show vivid examples and theories from creativity in schools. This gives me more ideas to show students in school deserve to be provided with opportunities to engage creative learning. The learner, teacher, and curriculum help raise important ideas. I agree with the author, which left me with no questions. The learning and creativity gives an insight to learning and relations to development towards creativity.

·         “A creative act is an instance of learning… [and that] a comprehensive learning theory must take into account both insight and creative activity.”

·         “Experience with discovery learning enhances creative performance by forcing the learner to manipulate the environment and produce new ideas. “

·         “Creativity is the key to education in its fullest sense and to the solution of mankind’s most serious problems.

 

Lancrin, Stephan V.  “Creativity in schools: What countries do or could do.” Education Today OCED. Web. 30 January 2013

            In this article it is about how the next education challenges for schools in other countries, is the fostering of talking on creative learning, and critical thinking. Twelve different countries shared experience based on designed methods. Teachers have decided to monitor their students’ progress with critical thinking, creative, and in venture thinking. In the projects of creativity skills are being considered as a useful starting point for creativity to be taken seriously in school.

            The challenge and journey ahead is still very long, encouraging many countries to take action for students. Having experience and sharing tools, research, and lessons eventually will make more students, or teachers reach the Promised Land. When students develop creativity it becomes a better understanding of materials for students and teachers. A major step to increase and help in other countries is to raise the awareness of skills, thinking, and creativity to see the importance of learning in school.

            Showing examples of enhancing creativity will make arguments in my work stronger. Vivid developments of Singapore and Korea are great examples to show character building of creativity in schools. Student’s curriculum is important in all schools even in different countries. I agree with this author,   but I think more proven facts and examples should be shown in this article. Why haven’t other countries stimulate the creativity within teachers and students?  An increasing number of countries see creativity that is not equipped in the workforce field need to fuel economic growth around the world.

·         “Students also asses themselves and their peers by answering questions such as I am able to brainstorm multiple ways to research a solution, I am able to connect ideas in an interesting and creative manner to create a unique idea.”

·         “In the United States we are slowly embracing the 21 century skills that require students to be taught creativity and innovation.

• Including creativity and other skills for innovation in national curricula is a helpful starting point for them to be taken seriously in school.”

 

 

Sawyer, Keith R. “Schools That Foster Creativity.” N.P., 8 December 2012. Web. 21 March 2013

            This article explains how creativity is more important than ever before in history. Schools today have a problem with fostering creativity, and doing a good job at it. Society will never reach its limit without schools. Students are living from schools in the past. That’s why the path of creativity for students in the future needs to be brightened. Schools need to focus on having creativity mixed with problem solving. Creativity forms thought out years, that’s why it’s important for schools to base their latest understanding on creativity and learning. 

            The author had stated many arguments about creativity. How will children learn the problem solving, when they are discouraged or unmotivated to keep on going. Schools are designed based on the latest science of learning without any hard work. Schools will guide a better path of understanding creativity, thinking and problem solving.

            I will show in my work how creativity should be just as important as education literacy. The world needs a variety of people with creativity. The world needs a variety of people’s creativity, without creativity the world would be simple and plain. New schools visions are on learning environments to maximize student’s creativity. I agree with this author, because there were no questions that I was left with after reading. Students will learn structure of knowledge, connecting, and linking old problems into new ways they haven’t seen before. The author shows how new ideas to contain for students studies will improve skills.

·         “The path to the creative society of the future goes straight through the classroom. But not the memorize and regurgitate classrooms we have today—instead, classrooms that give student a deeper understanding of the material.”

·         “Creativity researchers speak of a “ten year rule”—because significant new ideas only come to a person after they already invested ten years of work mastering the domain.”

·         “Creativity emerges when people generate many different possible answers rather than rushing to the one right answer.”