Creativity and Teaching Methodology

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This paper discusses how creativity is natural or an innate exploration of new ideas. It then discusses the importance of a creative approach in nurturing creativity in children and how it should be used in a teaching environment. Finally the paper describes methods for instilling creativity in children. The paper bases its discussion on "Art and Creative Development for Young Children" by Robert Schirrmacher.

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"One method for instilling creativity in children is to firstly understand the basis of learning models for children with these learning sets. For example, if creativity is defined as being "artistic", then the teacher should learn the basic concepts of paintings or other forms of artistic expression such as drawing, sculpting, etc. By garnering a knowledge in this form of creativity, the teacher should be able to relate these tools of creativity to help the child build skills along established standards. However, the pure physicality and exploration of art may only require the teacher to provide paints, clay or whatever building blocks that helps the child "play" with materials. This will help bring out possibly innate creative qualities that will support a more open response on the part of the child to learn how to be creative."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Schirrmacher, Robert. Art and Creative Development for Young Children. Albany, New York: Thomson Delmar Learning, 2002.

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