Man was born creative, but society forces him to stop being creative. Creativity calls into question what has been set to ‘normal’. It is a kind of chaos, aimlessly defined, that raises all the alarms and raises many questions about our “certainties”.
Creativity, absurdity and madness are genres of the same type: divergent thinking. That is why traditional teaching assumes that this subject should be more or less repressed. If the child says, “The moon has smiled at me,” the adult responds immediately. : No love, the moon is a satellite that revolves around the earth and can’t smile.
- It seems that education does not include the task of teaching to be creative.
- On the contrary.
- It aims to instill in the student the knowledge already acquired and on this basis produce creation.
- Which in the end fails to develop creative thinking.
- We need to give more value to this creative process.
- Turning schools into places where children can develop their skills.
There is a greater interest in seeing how intelligent a person is than in figuring out what their type of intelligence is. Our education system is not affected by this; focuses on empowering people who can create and operate a data set in the best possible way. It has an industrial spirit and aims to produce more technical individuals.
In this environment, creativity comes down to an exercise in innovation, which has specific limitations. For example: many applause for those who manage to present a robot at the science fair. Everyone will tell you, “You’ll be a great engineer. ” On the contrary, this student who has tried four or five ideas and has not solved any will fail. “Does the world need workers, too?” teachers will say.
It seems that, in the world, there is only room for one type of intelligence: one that adapts perfectly to scientific and technical thinking, and that is useful for production as established. Talent in other fields, such as the arts for example, is also encouraged by this type of logic. There are curators who analyze works of art to say whether the work is good or not. There are literary critics who can dedicate or end an author with their reviews. Power, always power.
What about the first successful genius in school?The blows to the shoulder and the acceptance of the whole society give you self-confidence; his convergent intelligence helps him achieve the world of success.
The student who has not been able to develop all his ideas has a divergent intelligence, thinks otherwise, his thoughts and speculations take another course, knows that many unexpected discoveries seemed absurd at first, but unfortunately he was ashamed of social censorship and failed. .
The West has a bad habit of separating reality into separate parts, to make it more understandable. They say you’re emotional? Or “rational,” as if emotions and intellect were fruits of different baskets. In fact, although they are different, thoughts and feelings are closely related.
Because of this disapproval, the student may become a closed, blocked, and fearful person. “Give me a white man,” these frightened and wonderful rebels say to explain their academic failure.
Even experts agree that creativity is learned in the most paradoxical way: making mistakes. Creativity can be improved in everyday life: finding new solutions to everyday challenges, taking the opposite path and daring.