Topic 1: Should schools actively teach creative thinking skills?
Topic 1: Should schools actively teach creative thinking skills?
Education always plays an important role in enabling people to enter society knowledgably and with good skills. People keep learning from cradle to grave in order to horn their skills of thinking creatively as one of the key factors for success. They are conventionally trained by their school professors even from preschool period. However, the most reasonable time to learn is the high school stage when students' brains are significantly developing ('Thinking skills' 2003). This essay, therefore, will argue the idea that schools should be active in teaching students creative thinking skills because of the good educational background itself and the skills acquired will be crucial for their further achievement afterwards.
There is no doubt that teenagers have numerous advantages to obtain knowledge at schools. Browne (2010) cites Edward de Bono, a psychologist, who says that children are always ready for education because they love thinking. According to psychologists, the two most rapid periods of brain development are the stage of 6 to 8 ages and the stage of 12 to 14 ('Thinking skills' 2003). They point out that learners only perceive some thinking skills in the second stage, especially abstract thought. Sent to school, children will start interacting with teachers who are equipped with both pedagogical theory and skills in order to instruct them to gain understanding of different fields. Teachers have an important role in stimulating children to reflect projected situations and might be asked to propose solutions. The process will encourage them to brainstorm more, new notions might come out as a result. Moreover, creativity will be effectively exploited by working either in pairs or groups among student peers because they are more likely liberal to express what they think, what attracts their attention and initial new ideas will be quickly caught. That is why schools are strongly believed to be
Education always plays an important role in enabling people to enter society knowledgably and with good skills. People keep learning from cradle to grave in order to horn their skills of thinking creatively as one of the key factors for success. They are conventionally trained by their school professors even from preschool period. However, the most reasonable time to learn is the high school stage when students' brains are significantly developing ('Thinking skills' 2003). This essay, therefore, will argue the idea that schools should be active in teaching students creative thinking skills because of the good educational background itself and the skills acquired will be crucial for their further achievement afterwards.
There is no doubt that teenagers have numerous advantages to obtain knowledge at schools. Browne (2010) cites Edward de Bono, a psychologist, who says that children are always ready for education because they love thinking. According to psychologists, the two most rapid periods of brain development are the stage of 6 to 8 ages and the stage of 12 to 14 ('Thinking skills' 2003). They point out that learners only perceive some thinking skills in the second stage, especially abstract thought. Sent to school, children will start interacting with teachers who are equipped with both pedagogical theory and skills in order to instruct them to gain understanding of different fields. Teachers have an important role in stimulating children to reflect projected situations and might be asked to propose solutions. The process will encourage them to brainstorm more, new notions might come out as a result. Moreover, creativity will be effectively exploited by working either in pairs or groups among student peers because they are more likely liberal to express what they think, what attracts their attention and initial new ideas will be quickly caught. That is why schools are strongly believed to be
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