Creative Thinking..... We say we foster it.... but what is it exactly? " Creative Thinking, in its simplest form, is the ability to make something new....." "The mental process of thinking creatively requires students to draw on their imagination, using their skills to combine, change, and reshape, refine, or improve ideas and solutions" The Thinking Classroom by Alice Vigors Creative thinking is a way of thinking that leads to the generation of valuable and original ideas. It is the ability to problem-solve. Creative thinking students ( and adults) use a variety of approaches to solve problems, analyze multiple viewpoints, adapt ideas, and arrive at innovative solutions. People who can think creatively can generate and apply new ideas to specific contexts, see existing situations in a new way, identify alternative explanations, and see or make new links that generate positive results. Creative Teaching and Teaching Creatively: How to Foster Cr...
Educating Gen Zs is a whole new world.... but educators, we are up to the challenge!