As one attempts to answer the difficult question of what exactly creativity in primary science is, it is evident that one must essentially first understand what exactly creativity means. Creativity is a relatively familiar word to most people, one I have learned that is often thrown around particularly within the context of education, with it being seen as something that is important and ultimately essential within the twenty first century classroom, however if one is to simply take time to pause and think, then what exactly does creativity entail? After reading and reviewing various literature on the topic it is clear to see that there are numerous research as well as definitions of the word, however there is no one exact definition of the
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When I began the creativity in science module this year, we were asked the question “what is creativity?” looking back I most definitely struggled to think of an answer even though I was so accustomed with the word. Therefore, to then take the time to reflect on what creativity was within science was incredibly challenging at that time I must admit. As mentioned previously within this essay, after reading literature based on the topic, I feel that creativity as a whole involves the following four characteristics; Originality, purpose, value and imagination. With this in mind, creativity in science to me as a near graduate and future educator is …show more content…
“Questioning and challenging: asking questions such as “why does it happen this way?” “what if we tried it that way?”, responding to tasks or problems in an unusual way, showing independent thinking” is all part of creativity according to a recent publication (Randd creativity for learning;3). During engineering week when working with children of primary age it became clear to me that questioning is really one of the most vital tools in getting children to think divergently. Questioning is key in order to get children expanding their ideas and thinking ‘outside of the
When I began the creativity in science module this year, we were asked the question “what is creativity?” looking back I most definitely struggled to think of an answer even though I was so accustomed with the word. Therefore, to then take the time to reflect on what creativity was within science was incredibly challenging at that time I must admit. As mentioned previously within this essay, after reading literature based on the topic, I feel that creativity as a whole involves the following four characteristics; Originality, purpose, value and imagination. With this in mind, creativity in science to me as a near graduate and future educator is …show more content…
“Questioning and challenging: asking questions such as “why does it happen this way?” “what if we tried it that way?”, responding to tasks or problems in an unusual way, showing independent thinking” is all part of creativity according to a recent publication (Randd creativity for learning;3). During engineering week when working with children of primary age it became clear to me that questioning is really one of the most vital tools in getting children to think divergently. Questioning is key in order to get children expanding their ideas and thinking ‘outside of the