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A great way to support creativity in the classroom is by creating a student-centered classroom. A student-centered classroom allows for students to be creative and solve problems that generally would not occur in a teacher-centered classroom. In my classroom, I offer many outlets for creativity in learning science. I encourage students to take ownership and explore their own learning, this allows for deeper connections and engagement of the students to the content (Lasky and Yoon, 2020). A common strategy for student-centered learning I use is station learning. I prepare many stations for students to choose the way they would like to learn, explore, and practice the concept. Gray (2012) speaks about the importance of students taking ownership of their learning by choosing the way they learn and owning it. The stations I have created for the concept that the students have most enjoyed and utilized were readings, videos, podcasts, pictures, reading blogs or news articles, and simulators. I love the freedom this allows for the students to pick the learning method that works best for their own needs. After they have explored a few stations, I have them partner with a person or group and share with their group what station they chose and what they learned. This also allows for them to use their creativity and show what they have learned.

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Project-based learning (PBL) helps to improve creativity in the classroom by encouraging students to solve real-world problems with their skill sets. Students can create innovative products that solve an issue of their choice. This process forces and encourages thinking out of their comfort zone, especially when solving a long-lasting issue. Students are able to refine their ideas and solutions through peer reviews and constructive feedback (Budiarti et al., 2021). Revising and perfecting are vital parts of creative fluency (Crockett et al., 2011). One project I have my students work on during the year is creating a tsunami warning system for a specific section of the ocean. Students have a problem to solve and they must gather evidence, knowledge, and skills to create an effective solution using a simulator. I provide rubrics and instruction ahead of time and allow for students to revise and perfect their solutions throughout the project.

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How do I use creative fluency in my classroom?

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How do I use creative fluency in my classroom?

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I use problem-based learning (PBL) and student-centered learning in my classroom to promote creative fluency.

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Identify: First, one must identify a problem they would like to solve (Crockett et al., 2011).

Inspire: Next, one must look for inspiration in many places, this can be from their environment, reading, or observing (Crockett et al., 2011).

Interpolate: Then, after one has gained the inspiration, they must search for patterns of information and use them to move their solution to the next step (Crockett et al., 2011).

Imagine: Imagination is combining the information and patterns together to create an idea for a solution (Crockett et al., 2011).

Inspect: Finally one must analyze the final outcome of the solution and make changes as needed to address the problem (Crockett et al., 2011).

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Creativity is essential to our 21st Century classrooms and is a 21st Century skill that is often overlooked (Crockett et al., 2011). Creativity is generalized into music or art (Global Digital Citizen Foundation, 2015). Creativity is a vital portion of a students learning and can be implemented into the classroom in many fashions. Creativity has not been widely supported since early 1990 (Crockett et al., 2011). This is a negative trend that must be fixed to encourage and promote creativity in schools.
Creative fluency is made of five I's which are identify, inspire, interpolate, imagine, and inspect (Crockett et al., 2011).