As is tradition, I'm going to make the inauguration of my blog posts for Educreation123 of the introductory sort. This blog is going to have one main purpose: to serve as a demonstration of the movement to infuse creativity into education. Now, I don't mean to add an art class or two, or since modern times, bring art back. I mean to completely alter the way most think about how our students should be educated. I mean going so far as to make mathematical thinking a creative process. Because I think it's possible.
Maybe it's hard to get where I'm coming from. Take, for example, a moment in your educational past, a time when a teacher told you there was only one correct answer, that was the way it is, and that's all there was to it. I'm quite confident you can think of a time like that. "Well, yes," you say, "There was a time like that, but it really wasn't a bad thing; sometimes there is only one correct answer." However, while you are true on the surface, students most definitely don't need to be taught that way. Because, to them, 2+2 isn't 4 yet. America wasn't founded in 1776 because they've never heard that story, and the pH level of an acid really means nothing to them. They are the discoverers of tomorrow: why teach them in a way that doesn't give them freedom to imagine and question?
So, essentially, I'm going to post quite often about various ideas, provide you with bountiful resources, and help everyone who shares this interest (and everyone who doesn't) work towards a more imaginative tomorrow. I'm not saying it won't be hard, but what's life without a little challenge? Bring it on.
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