Several posts this week noted how we are failing with the nurturing, facilitating, and direct teaching of creativity within school environments.
Adobe posted Universal Concern that Creativity is Suffering at Work and School
New research reveals a global creativity gap in five of the world’s largest economies, according to the Adobe® State of Create global benchmark study. The research shows 8 in 10 people feel that unlocking creativity is critical to economic growth and nearly two-thirds of respondents feel creativity is valuable to society, yet a striking minority – only 1 in 4 people – believe they are living up to their own creative potential.
It is time for an academic revolution...
While I do agree that there is a certain degree to which formal education stifles “creative learning”, a “free-form” environment is rarely allowed because some people simply do not have the drive to go in pursuit of their academic career, which is understandable in some cases (though not to the extreme ends which depict simple absentmindedness).
Yes it is a bit of a waste in doing things that don’t pertain to an individual’s strengths, but public schools (and in general, educational facilities) do not have the manpower required to have a teacher paired with an individual (akin to Plato’s and Aristotle’s times). In an ideal world, you should be able to focus on your strengths (but I can see where the education system is going with the “expand on your strengths and strengthen your weaknesses” approach).
Just my two cents…