The Significant Benefits Of Creativity In The Classroom Creativity is a valuable skill. All too often people outgrow their imagination as adulthood approaches due to an encroaching sense of self-doubt, an ingrained belief that it’s an impractical pursuit, or firm guidance from more experienced grown-ups advising engineering over art school. Although almost everyone would agree that creativity is important, budget cuts to areas of education like art and music programs demonstrate differently. However, even those in STEM-related fields benefit from thinking creatively. Henry Ford gave people automobiles instead of the faster horses they would have requested; Elon Musk is working on an underground tunnel system with car elevators and a hyperloop instead of improving ground transportation — efforts like these require more than technical ability; they demand imagination, creativity, and a sense of belief in the impossible. Without imagination and investigation of ideas our collect...
David White is an Australian English teacher who has been living in Peru since 2001. In partnership with his wife Claudia, they are the owners of ¨English For You Language Institute´, an institute that specializes in the teaching of all levels of English from Basic (A1) to Advanced (C2) including international exam preparation. They are also the owners of ELT Educational Services and David is also the Headmaster of the American School, a respected bilingual ib school in Northern Peru.