Developing And Promoting Creativity

Book: Human Skills for the Automated Future: Being Human as the Key Eligibility for Future Workplaces by CSMFL Publications

by Yang Li
Academic Researcher & K-12 Consultant, Jiangsu-Nanjing 210023, China.
10.46679/9788196780586ch04
This chapter is a part of: Human Skills for the Automated Future: Being Human as the Key Eligibility for Future Workplaces by Yang Li
ISBN (Ebook):978-81-967805-8-6
ISBN (Softcover Print):978-93-49926-23-3

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Published: May 15, 2025

Li, Y. (2025). Developing And Promoting Creativity. In Li, Y., Human Skills for the Automated Future: Being Human as the Key Eligibility for Future Workplaces (pp 37-43). CSMFL Publications. https://dx.doi.org/10.46679/9788196780586ch04

Abstract

One of the most important tasks in today’s connected world is to be in a position to promote creativity in younger generations. The chapter explains the creative thinking concept and its elements that support it, such as imagination, divergent thinking ability, and connecting completely irrelevant things. The chapter proceeds to explain how all these elements can be integrated into the curriculum planning process. It calls for educational methods that allow students to explore and question, learn through inquiry, have choices to express themselves differently—project-based learning, open-ended problems, and a safe environment to experiment and fail.

All this would be very critical in developing creativity: empowering the student and educator. The chapter discusses how educators can increase their own creative spirit and then put that in action when designing classroom activities. This could include pursuing professional development opportunities to introduce creative activities into the classroom and continuing to develop a growth mindset themselves and their students. It is only by instilling a strong ability to creatively think in the next generation and preparing them for what AI has in store, that will lead them to develop innovation-forward solution for the world’s most intractable problems.

Keywords: Creativity, Creative Thinking, Imagination, Divergent Thinking, Curriculum Planning

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