The Paradox of Creativity
When it comes to defining creativity it is pretty simple, to me is a way to measure one 's imagination, cognitive skills and how you fluently you can use that creative attributes in your day to day life. When asked to define creativity, why does it have so many meanings? Creativity is one of those words when asked to define, have many definitions because there are many ways to go about being creative. Therefore having a viable meaning to that word is almost impossible because in general creativity varies from one person to the next. One thing we relate creativity to a lot is having the abilty to also be artistic, like being a painter, a sculptor or even one or one of the performing arts like ballet. People …show more content…
TV. Newsweek article stated that “one likely culprit is the number of hours kids now spend in front of the TV and playing video games rather than engaging in creative activities.” But for some others, they believe it can enhance and be beneficial towards children learning abilities. Like Linda Jackson, a professor of psychology at Michigan State University said, “video games can be designed to optimize the development of creativity while retaining their entertainment values such that a new generation of video games will blur the distinction between education and entertainment.” Certain video games that are being sold in our stores offer no value to them other than entertainment and violence and those are the ones causing some stigma on the gaming industry. If gaming developers made more games based on creativity thinking, cognitive thinking and problem solving it would benefit the nation a lot more than those super violent games we have out that have no beneficial growth to their career path and creative path in …show more content…
They are the building blocks and foundation needed to help nurture and progress their innovation. These conditions are needed for creativity that Mel Rhodes brought up are product, person, process and press (environment). The person and press have a great impact on the Just like the definitions, not all students personalities are gonna be the same so you have to find the right project or assignment that best suits that particular child.The system currently in place makes it hard to capture the student 's attention to building a tolerance for new learning, especially if it’s the same day in day out the curriculum. Those are never going to enthrall the students if these conditions that are currently set in place don’t change. Just like the definition, not all students personalities are gonna be the same so you have to find the right project or assignment that best suits that particular child 's
When it comes to defining creativity it is pretty simple, to me is a way to measure one 's imagination, cognitive skills and how you fluently you can use that creative attributes in your day to day life. When asked to define creativity, why does it have so many meanings? Creativity is one of those words when asked to define, have many definitions because there are many ways to go about being creative. Therefore having a viable meaning to that word is almost impossible because in general creativity varies from one person to the next. One thing we relate creativity to a lot is having the abilty to also be artistic, like being a painter, a sculptor or even one or one of the performing arts like ballet. People …show more content…
TV. Newsweek article stated that “one likely culprit is the number of hours kids now spend in front of the TV and playing video games rather than engaging in creative activities.” But for some others, they believe it can enhance and be beneficial towards children learning abilities. Like Linda Jackson, a professor of psychology at Michigan State University said, “video games can be designed to optimize the development of creativity while retaining their entertainment values such that a new generation of video games will blur the distinction between education and entertainment.” Certain video games that are being sold in our stores offer no value to them other than entertainment and violence and those are the ones causing some stigma on the gaming industry. If gaming developers made more games based on creativity thinking, cognitive thinking and problem solving it would benefit the nation a lot more than those super violent games we have out that have no beneficial growth to their career path and creative path in …show more content…
They are the building blocks and foundation needed to help nurture and progress their innovation. These conditions are needed for creativity that Mel Rhodes brought up are product, person, process and press (environment). The person and press have a great impact on the Just like the definitions, not all students personalities are gonna be the same so you have to find the right project or assignment that best suits that particular child.The system currently in place makes it hard to capture the student 's attention to building a tolerance for new learning, especially if it’s the same day in day out the curriculum. Those are never going to enthrall the students if these conditions that are currently set in place don’t change. Just like the definition, not all students personalities are gonna be the same so you have to find the right project or assignment that best suits that particular child 's