Developing More Creative Students

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Through this paper creativity shall be discussed by outlining, in a general sense, the literature relating to the definitions of creativity as well as learning theorists and their philosophies of creativity. A more in-depth examination of some of the most recent studies relating to creativity within the topic areas of motivation, improvisation, assessment, environment, structure and the personal characteristics of creative people shall also be undertaken.

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"Developing more creative students has been at the forefront of education administrator's minds in many schools both in Queensland and nationwide. A report into music education in Victorian Government Secondary Schools cited creativity as one of the six reasons all students should have a music education. Among the others were "The education of feeling and sensibility developing the full variety of human intelligence, developing physical and perceptual skills, the transfer effect of music education on the whole child and music as a reflection of culture" (Stalker, 1997). The report cited "Developing the ability for creative thought and action" (Stalker, 1997) as the most important of the six. "That there is a strong link between the study of music and the enhancement of the cognition, aesthetic sensibility and creativity has also been demonstrated" (Stalker, 1997)."

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