Creativity and Curiosity: My thoughts- Special Post #12A

I think that schools do systematically destroy the development of curiosity in students. I know that I am not the most creative person, and I think that is because I have never had to be creative. I do not know if a curriculum could be created or not to increase the curiosity of students. Maybe if art classes were offered at younger ages, that would increase intrest in being creative and doing things that aren't "normal" or "typical" of schools. I feel as if it is the teachers approach to how he or she teaches and presents the material that can increase or decrease the students' creativity. In almost every class I have ever been in, there have been projects assigned. I feel as if projects are the one of the best opportunities for the students to show off their creativity because no project is exactly the same. Some things that could help me become more curious is being encouraged to do things that are not normal of students. Maybe when a project is assigned giving free range to what can be done, but still give what the teacher wanted. I think teachers have a huge contribution to pushing a students creativity. I feel once I become a teacher, I will need to incorporate ways for students to be creative in a math class some way.

Eli is a writer for GoodMeasure.net. You can get to know her through Google+. I will probably not try to contact her because I do not feel like it is that important to right now. I have a lot of school work getting ready for finals coming up, so I am focused on getting everything I need done, done.