Creativity in Education

Creativity in education is preparing for the change and make people rich in originality, flexibility, future vision, initiative, confidence, risk-loving people and ready to face the obstacles and problems they are presented at their school and daily life. Also, educating on creativity is to offer the tools for innovation.

Creativity can be developed through the educational process by encouraging potential and achieving a better utilization of resources within the individual and group teaching-learning process. Continuing on these ideas, we could not speak of creativity in education without mentioning the importance of a creative atmosphere conducive to thoughtful and creative thinking in the classroom.

The conception of creativity in education comes of the approach that creativity is linked to all areas of human activity and is the product of a particular social historical development. Following this line of thinking would have to start from a concept of creativity in line with previous approaches, which could well be the following:

Creativity is the human potential integrated by cognitive components, affective, intellectual and volitional, that through a creative atmosphere is available to create innovative products and of high social value and communicate them, transcending at certain points the social historical context in which we live.

Furthermore, this implies creativity in education implies love for change. Must be encouraged through an atmosphere of psychological freedom and a deep humanism manifesting on the creativity of the students, at least the sense of being able to cope with the new and respond to it. It must also be taught not to fear change but rather than change may cause pleasure and enjoyment.

We can say without fear of being wrong that creativity in education is an education for development and self-realization.