Creativity and Curiosity: My Thoughts- Special Post #12A

I personally do believe schools destroy curiosity and creativity in schools. A lot of school systems require their teachers to have a strict lesson plan and only teach on certain topics. I think boundaries are good but to really embrace the growing mind, we should expand our teaching and learning boundaries. A lot of schools allow creativity and curiosity to be destroyed because they want a black and white system with nothing in between. I think students should have a little bit of grey. The grey is a prime example of opposite of the old fashion way of learning and teaching. I do not think students are actually learning anything. They are so focused and their minds are so drilled on having things memorized to pass their chapter tests.

I definitely believe a curriculum can be developed to increase creativity and curiosity. I think it may be tough to get everyone within the system on board, but I believe it is possible! I think by incorporating short projects, games, and sideshows within the lesson plan,students could gain more prospective and stay in tune with the topic to be learned. I know there is always a more creative and engaging way to teach. We as educates just need to do a little more research to discover it. I think if the curriculum can get the students attention and allows them in interact then I believe the curiosity will be increases. I like games that you can play that include vocab words. Students like to feel like they are having fun while learning.

I truly believe teachers actions can increase curiosity and creativity. As a future educator, I think we must keep our students interested in learning and learning even more. I want to be the teacher who would spend extra time to make sure his/her students know the material rather than just get the lesson plan done on time or as quickly as possible.