“Creativity is seeing possibilities that we have not seen before and
seeing connections between patches of truth and beauty then responding to them
in a way we have not done before” –Neal A. Maxwell.
Creativity come from within us; our mind, soul and whole being. It can
be an important part of who we are and how we express ourselves. Our cognitive
processes may have some influences on our creativity. Creativity can link to
metacognition as the learner is engaged with the material and environment
through using self expression. Metacognition is about self and processing our
own knowledge (Duchnesne, McMaugh, Bochner & Krause, 2013). Our creative
decisions reflect our thinking processes.
I believe creativity comes from ourselves and we cannot just become more
creative. To improve our creative processes though it could help to alter
lighting, music, time or environment depending on how we individually learn and
engage best. We can do this by self monitoring our learning, understanding and
remembering what works for us. For children we could encourage creativity
through the environment and supporting their interests as they learn best
through interest and enjoyment (Duchnesne, McMaugh, Bochner &
Krause, 2013).
I think that using constructivism and creativity are
similar as they cannot be controlled by the adult it is all through individual
children. Teachers need to trust themselves, trust the children and trust where
it is going. They can use children’s prior knowledge to support and present
materials in the centre in an organised way.
Both Vygotsky and Piaget had ideas about cognitive
development. Vygotsky’s idea was that cognitive development was through social
processes. That ways of thinking and acting are first gained through social
interaction. Piaget had a different idea that cognitive development is
constructed through individual’s knowledge, beliefs and identity. A social
environment is acknowledged but the individual learner’s role in constructing
the learning environment is most important (Duchnesne, McMaugh, Bochner &
Krause, 2013). So it seems that we could connect Psychological constructivism
which is based on Piaget’s theory on creativity. This is because the children
are responsible for their own creativity and having a capability to be
creative. We cannot control creativity only value and encourage it.
References:
Duchesne, S., McMaugh, A., Bochner, S., &Krause, K-L. (2013).
Educational psychology for
learning and teaching (4th ed.). Auckland, New Zealand:
Cengage.
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