PG's Ponderings

by Michael Michalko for Think Jar Collective (2013) . We learn about great ideas and we learn the names of the creative geniuses who created them, but we are seldom taught about how they got the ideas. Following are twelve things about creative thinking: YOU ARE CREATIVE. The artist is not a special person, each one of us is a special kind of artist. Every one of us is born a creative, spontaneous thinker. The only difference between people who are creative and people who are not is a simple belief. Creative people believe they are creative. People who believe they are not creative, are not. The reality is that believing you are not creative excuses you from trying or attempting anything new. When someone tells you that they are not creative, you are talking to someone who has no interest and will make no effort to be a creative thinker. CREATIVE THINKING IS WORK. You must have passion and the determination to immerse yourself in the process of creating new and different ideas. Then yo...

Reynolds, 2009 says that inquiry learning allows the students to partake in their own learning and therefore allowing the learning to be unpredictable and open-ended. It will permit the students to take on the role of understanding as to what is happening in their world and to use prior knowledge already obtained as the starting point for their learning on a particular topic. Reynolds, 2009 continues to explain that inquiry learning permits the teacher to work along the students in developing their learning together giving teachers a better understanding and perspective when creating lesson as to what the students are already familiar with and what they would like to know about a particular topic that is being studied in class. It will also allow the students to have a better perception about their lessons therefore giving the students the opportunity to obtain a deeper knowledge about the subject that is to be taught. Pelton (2010) says that for teachers inquiry learning will place an...

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