An article I read by Laura Seargeant Richardson caught my attention because she pointed out that creativity and “thinking with our hands” is just as important as STEM education when it comes to keeping our country a competitive nation. I know teachers know this, but I enjoyed being reminded of the importance of practicing creativity. I often read and write about what is current in STEM, but STEM is nothing special without original thought. In The Creativity Crisis: Why American Schools Need Design - The Atlantic, Richardson explains that we need to focus on originality and design thinking as well as STEM because these skills will lead to the innovations that add value to our communities.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited.”
-Albert Einstein
Sunday, March 27
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hey trish, I couldn't open your link but this is interesting and certainly true!
ReplyDeleteIt should work now...can't wait to hear about ASCD!
ReplyDeleteThis is crucial...one of the topics that came up a lot at ASCD was students ability to innovate. Often we have students that go into the sciences and can only, simply regurgitate information that they're able to understand and retain better than others. This however does nothing for the future of science and technology if we don't have new ideas!
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