Inventiveness

            Human beings in general are a very creative species. When allowed to excise this creativity people tend to learn better and the learning becomes more personal. In order to encourage, teach, and reward creativity in schools, inventiveness and imagination should not be quelled. The old form of school teaches that there is only one way to accomplish a task. But, as learned from the books we’ve read this semester, employers are now looking for people who can explore and devise new ways of accomplishing their goals. As a result of the world needing more and more people to take initiative, the “one way only” type of schooling is becoming defunct. Students can learn best when they are allowed to explore in the way that makes the most sense to them. When students are permitted to use their imaginations during the learning process, the door is opened to further learning. Creativity and imagination are derived from intrinsic motivation; they are their own reward. Children are still going to be creative even if they are not incessantly praised for it and are not intentionally taught how to use their imaginations. The best way to encourage the natural ability of human beings to use their imaginations and be creative is to simply allow those things to happen and to not assume that creativity and imagination are negative things.