Creativity
Schools are going into the right direction and should stay as they are or there are better ideas for a change in education?
Do you agree with a statement that we grow out of creativity? Why?
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like chores so nowadays the only times I do them is do uni, and reluctantly at that.
School makes you more creative. When you’re bored the mind wanders and makes
you think more than if you did something you’re focused on.
Do you agree with a statement that we grow out of creativity? Why?
The moment that you finally conform to the system its the moment of growing out of creativity
I don't agree with your last sentece though. It all depends on person - if someone decide to do they task/chores like everybody else, follow the instruction then yes, I agree. But if they're smart and creative, then thay can came up with a better idea and way to solve the problem. In my opinion you have to at least mentain your "creativity level" and not forget about it and always go "the easy way"
Well, schools are as effective as educational systems allowed them to be. If the educational system is built upon the idea of examining pupils and students with unnecessary complicated tests and exams every month and teaching how to solve them than you know for sure that education in schools would feel "broken" and there are some serious improvements to be made.
Yes, I agree with this statement, because creativity is always built upon experience. More problems you solve in your life - more versatile and clever your approaches to problems will be.
There are specialized schools to choose from, you can go to school where swimming and training will be every day and less common standard subjects. In today's world, so many things already exist that you can choose everything you like, and if there isn’t already, you can create.
No, adults often do not have the time or desire to pay attention to creativity, some have it and do not need to train creative skills all the time. But if there is a free hour or two, then devoting oneself to creativity is better than lying on a sofa.
• It is very individual. I think that getting used to things and simply stopping to perceive various aspects of surroundings is what actually kills the creativity.
Schools are going into the right direction and should stay as they are or there are better ideas for a change in education?
• To be honest, if I had an idea that would significantly improve the schooling system and work at the same time I would probably be a minister of some kind by now.
Do you agree with a statement that we grow out of creativity? Why?
• As I have mentioned above. Yes, we tend to grow out of creativity as we are getting used to things and stop being surprised / focus on / look at things from various angles.
Yes it kills. In current educational system checks if the student is able to do a very specific task in a very specific way. It doesn't give any extra credits for being creative. And many specialists say that.
Schools are going into the right direction and should stay as they are or there are better ideas for a change in education?
I am not a specialist in this area so I have no idea. Someone smarter, much more experienced should answer this question.
Do you agree with a statement that we grow out of creativity? Why?
The older we get the easier it is to exploit the one path to success we know, rather than explore and find a new one.
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I think there are better ideas for a change in education. Above all, the school should be voluntary and private. Parents should decide what their children will learn. When the children grow up, then they should decide about their education. At the moment, each of us is learning the same for 12 years. The education system is planned by the Ministry of National. Depending on the ruling party, the official decides:
- whether we are to learn religion or not
- whether we should have more or less history
- whether the story will be presented from the point of view of a favorable X party or a Y party.
Yes of course. The school taught us how to solve tests A, B, C and D. If we gave answers to the test or maturity contrary to the "key" it meant a BAD ANSWER.
I really like Elon Musk’s point of view about this topic. He wants to create a school where children will be visiting only classes they are interested in without any exams or something like this. I am not completely sure whether it’s right decision to get rid of the exams but overall idea sounds fantastic. The only problem that I see is that pupils might not know what they do like at the beginning that’s why they will have to attend every single class they have.
Yes, I agree with the statement. As was mentioned above creativity comes from experience. It’s all about the amount of problems you’ve solved and the number of approaches you’ve come up with.
In my opinion, schools should be taught general issues and allow students to research and discover issues, because they are created in a research project .
Yes, creativity makes mental rewards and self-esteem more in-person, school-based education only surpasses those who have a better memory than those with special abilities.
I agree that schools kill creativity. Especially if we are talking about CIS, most of Europe schools. The main problem is that their education methods are so old, they are not motivating kids to think out of the box.
Again, i can't say that all the schools are going into the right direction, it is not so obvious. Luckily, all the schools in Poland give more freedom to kids now, but there are some of them that are vestiges of the past.
I don't agree with this statement, people who said this, can't even image what does creativity mean.
Because of that i think that education and schooling system is going wrong way.
Teachers ought to help to find strengths of their students and let them evolve them.
Also they should develop creativity, because we can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
2. We can improve the education system by focusing on a real students developmenet, because right know kids learns the skills that are needed on job market. The real developmenet means exploring the skills in which the kids are good at, they talents and so on.
3. Probably we grow out of creativity but only when we allow it. Over time, people become more pragmatic- they know what works and the need of exploring a new possibilities is becoming weaker and weaker. They no longer need creativity so it's a normal thing to grow out of it. But they can be creative throght their whole life if they decide to be open for "the new".
I agree with it - in school, usually students have to do something according to some scheme - it's easier to evaluate students, to predefine requirements and rules. Often schools "force" You in some way to make things, in order to learn You have to write exams and got a good score from finals - which are also evaluated with the scheme.
2. Schools are going into the right direction and should stay as they are or there are better ideas for a change in education?
It depends from the school - I was in a private high school, where teachers were quite passionate about their job - beside exams preparation, they tried to encourage us to be creative.
3. Do you agree with a statement that we grow out of creativity? Why?
There might be something in it - during our youth we are still being prepared to some kind of exams, which are being evaluted based on a schema. Also a lot of subjects during studies do not enforce You to be creative, but to just follow the rules. Young child don't have any exams or other schemes to follow, so their are very creative
Maybe the school is not killing the creativity but definetly isn't developing it in a way it should be. Education put to much priority on theoretical knowledge at the same time neglect practical and creative skills.
When it comes to growing out of creativity I think that it depends whether we develop it or not. If we continue to practice our imagination and think originally we shouln't have any fears. Also you won't be able to develop your creative talents if you don't make time for them. Schedule some time each week to concentrate on some type of creative project.
2. I think that our education system might be a bit outdated. There are certainly better ideas for a change in education.
3. I disagree with this statement. It differs from person to person. Some people like to follow simple instructions and do everything by the book and some people grow more creative as the time goes by.
Well, I can't say that every school kills creativity but certainly, the one I went to did. In every school I was there was some kind of test at the end of it. Sadly, it felt like all the time teachers were focused on preparing me for that test. My matura exam is actually the best example of it. On my first day in high every teacher talked about preparing us for matura. So in the end, school wasn't preparing us for life not to mention developing our creativity, it was preparing us for a test. That test was same for everyone. How that is supposed to encourage creativity? Personally such approach makes me feel that our system of education tries to kill our creativity from begining untill the end.
Schools are going into the right direction and should stay as they are or there are better ideas for a change in education?
Polish schools aren't heading in the right direction for sure. As I mentioned above, they are not focused on teaching about world around us and life. They are trying to provide us with knowledge and skills that will allow us to pass test prepared by authorities.
Do you agree with a statement that we grow out of creativity? Why?
Well, not everyone grows out of it. Humanity creates something new everyday. We have plenty inventions and new pieces of art. The issue is that nowadays it is really hard to stay creative. It is not only caused by our education or growing up but also by society we live in. Sometimes we are too scared to be creative, just like it was mentioned in the video.
Also, in my opinion a lot of parents beahve in such a way as it was described in video - they treat music,art or PE subjects as "worse" than subjects like math or history. They force children to put more attention to those "serious" subjects. It happens that children who are really interesed in for example art can not develop their interests as they need to focus on "serious" learning and their creativity is decreasing.
Anyway there exist people that somehow stay creative and this leave opportunity that sometime situation will change to better.
In most cases, I agree with Ken Robinson, but I would point out that it will not always be this way. A lot depends on teachers. Ken provided great example telling a story about choreographer Gillian Lynne.
2. Schools are going into the right direction and should stay as they are or there are better ideas for a change in education?
What is interesting current education is very similar to that of XIX century: tests, examinations, division into lessons, groups etc. I think that schools should be changed. I recommend watching this short movie about changes in some schools.
https://youtu.be/ttHY1RzWaZo
3. Do you agree with a statement that we grow out of creativity? Why?
I think it depends., but when we become older witm more experience we, it's easier to follow the same proven path instead of trying new solutions.
- Actually, everything needs to change to better by the time, whatever what!
- I agree with, Because if you want to be creative you mustn't be serious, community need you to be serious and don't exit from our line, and the creative person always afraid from failure after walk behind his or her creative mind, and afraid from if something wrong will happen at the end and community laughing.
So, that makes a creative person back to normal community line.
I agree, mainly because I think that in school you have to learn about something, that is not interesting you. I do understand, that you need to learn the basics, but that kills creativity, when you have to do something that you don't want.
Schools are going into the right direction and should stay as they are or there are better ideas for a change in education?
I think there are better ideas, but main problem is in teachers - sometimes they just sound like they hate their job, so it's hard for them to share knowledge.
Do you agree with a statement that we grow out of creativity? Why?
I agree, and I think that routine is killing creativity in us. Sad.
I think physical school are kind of obsolete. They still provide ability to socialize in the group but when it comes to education there are much better choices. For example online personalized education where you can take as much time as you need or on the opposite finish school faster if you want to.
Creativity have something to do with core of ourselves. People become bored quite quickly performing repeatable task. In our culture it is norm to be board at work if you get money in return. And be creative person sort of give you feeling of better connecting with yourself.
As it was mentioned by Sir Ken Robinson modern hierarchy of subjects in schools is trying to make a scientist or university professor from everyone, that in my opinion is terribly wrong, as not every student is interested in that. And considering that education in my country hadn’t changed for at least last 30 years, it is obvious that it is not moving into the right direction.
I do not fully agree with this statement as it is not the age that matters in case of creativity, but the environment in which you grow. By environment I mean education and close people who either support your ideas and way of thinking or not.
I can answer this question only from Ukraine’s schools side and my answer - it depends. You can have a teacher from one subject that who will be trying to give you more space for your creativity and a teacher from another subject who will be doing all according to the patterns.
Schools are going in the right direction and should stay as they are or there are better ideas for a change in education?
I have a younger sister and I could compare the education 4-5 years ago and now. I can say that schools are trying to go in the right direction, but they are doing this very slow. Schools are trying to invest more into IT stuff, but the level of learning this ‘IT stuff’ is still poor.
Do you agree with a statement that we grow out of creativity? Why?
I don’t have a personal opinion on this statement, maybe because I consider myself a not very creative person.