Understanding Creativity in the Classroom

Most educators who work with gifted students acknowledge the importance of creativity and have found various ways to include it as part of the gifted education curriculum. In many cases, however, developing creativity is still viewed as something separate from academic learning. Students with undemo...

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Published inUnderstanding our gifted Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 11 - 13
Main Author Beghetto, Ronald A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Open Space Communications LLC 2010
Subjects
Academically Gifted
Classroom Environment
Creative Teaching
Creativity
Learning Activities
Student Characteristics
Teaching Methods
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Summary:Most educators who work with gifted students acknowledge the importance of creativity and have found various ways to include it as part of the gifted education curriculum. In many cases, however, developing creativity is still viewed as something separate from academic learning. Students with undemonstrated creative potential often are excluded from curricular efforts aimed at developing this skill. Support for creativity in many schools and classrooms is either fragmented or nonexistent. Educators and parents need to focus on identifying and encouraging the creative potential of "all" students, including the gifted. Hopefully, teachers and parents will think more broadly about the nature of creativity and how it can be used in the classroom. They must take the time to see, hear, recognize, and encourage the small signs of creative potential found in the everyday learning and lives of young people.
ISSN:1040-1350