Essential Questions: Week 1

What is Creativity?	Creativity is a broad term. People can be creative in many ways; however, it is doing something with an original idea.
How would you define creativity?	According to Starko (2010), “most definitions [of creativity] have two major criteria…novelty and appropriateness” (p. 5). In order for something to be creative, that something needs to be original and appropriate in the context of its purpose.
How would we create a learning environment that fosters creative thought?	In order to create an environment that fosters creative thought, teachers need to allow students to experience and try things that are not regular to the classroom routines. Starko explains “essential creativity is on the part of the students…Teachers, in turn, are transformed from founts of all wisdom” (2010, pp. 15-16).