All people have creative abilities, and we all have them differently. When individuals find their creative strengths, it can have an enormous impact on self-esteem and on overall achievement.
—ALL OUR FUTURES REPORT, P. 7
Creativity is as important now in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.
—SIR KEN ROBINSON
Chapter 9: Learning Design: Creativity
Learn More: Resources for Further Exploration
- American Psychological Association: Creativity in the Classroom [videos] (apa.org/education/k12/creativity-module.aspx)
- Big Think: Beau Lotto—The neuroscience of creativity, perception, and confirmation bias [Video] (youtube.com/watch?v=vR2P5vW-nVc)
- Canva: 19 ideas to promote more creativity in your classroom (bit.ly/2Z4bKba)
- Edutopia: Critical thinking [Video] (edutopia.org/topic/critical-thinking)
- Edutopia: Getting creative with SEL (edutopia.org/article/getting-creative-sel)
- GettingSmart: Cultivating the Culture of Creativity (gettingsmart.com/2018/09/cultivating-the-culture-of-creativity)
- Make Community: Makerspace Playbook (makerspaces.make.co/playbook)
- TED: Brandon Rodriguez—The power of creative constraints (youtu.be/v5FL9VTBZzQ)
- TED: Ramsey Musallam—3 rules to spark learning (youtu.be/YsYHqfk0X2A)
- TED: Andrey Vyshedskiy—The neuroscience of imagination (youtu.be/e7uXAlXdTe4)
Deep Dive
- Drapeau, P. (2014). Sparking student creativity: Practical ways to promote innovative thinking and problem solving. ASCD.
- Mishra, P., & Henriksen, D. (2018). Creativity, technology & education: exploring their convergence. Springer.
- Rinne, L., Gregory, E., Yarmolinskaya, J., & Hardiman, M. (2011). Why arts integration improves long-term retention of content. Mind, Brain, and Education, 5(2), 89-96.