What creativity really is - and why schools need it


"...Children spend so much time processing new stimuli that there is less time to “go deep” with the stimuli they’ve already encountered. There is less time for thinking about ideas and situations from different perspectives, such that their ideas become more interconnected and their mental models of understanding become more integrated." read the full post here What creativity really is - and why schools need it

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