The Creativity Crisis Part I



What’s common about successful programs is they alternate maximum divergent thinking with bouts of intense convergent thinking, through several stages. When applied to the everyday process of work or school, brain function improves.


So what does this mean for America’s standards-obsessed schools? The key is in how kids work though the vast catalog of information and a progression of fact-finding, problem-finding, idea-finding, solution-finding, and plan of action.


For further Goggling: Donald Treffinger and Treffinger’s Creative Problem-Solving model

Question: What do you do to encourage creativity in your classroom?