Creativity and innovation and their impact on educational agents by Johana Chavarria

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Introduction

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Creativity and innovation have become necessary in our time.

In any case, there are too many spaces in which creativity and innovation do not seem to be an option. And in the educational field we find the need to include new ways of impacting students, to ensure that our pedagogical objectives are achieved more effectively and, also, to make the learning experience more rewarding for all the agents involved.

what is not?

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It is not a diagnosis nor can it be measured

None of the existing creativity tests has earned the prestige of psychological or scientific rigor necessary to become a universally accepted standard, but rather they only serve to measure specific aspects.

Being creative is not being funny.

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Having the grace to tell jokes or the spontaneity to make others laugh is not being creative.

Being witty is not being creative

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Finding a relationship between objects that seem to have no relationship or devising quick explanations is not creativity either. It is an element that helps in the process, but not the only one nor necessarily the most decisive

Being creative is not having a taste for arts or crafts.

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Drawing or literature helps develop creativity; Likewise, making models or almost perfect manual work can be part of an artistic aptitude, but it does not necessarily require creativity to execute all of this properly.

Being restless or hyperactive is not being creative.

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These people have the need to get busy and free quickly, so their mind works faster and they may have a different vision, but creativity involves many more skills and discipline.

what is it?

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"Creativity is thinking of new and appropriate ideas, while innovation is the successful application of ideas within an organization. In other words, creativity is the concept and innovation is the process"

What is it and what is it not?

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"What is often missing is not creativity in the sense of the idea of creation, it is innovation in the sense of action, that is, putting ideas to work. A good process begins with creativity and ends with innovation"

Differences between creativity and innovation

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Creativity is the state of consciousness that allows generating a network of relationships and mental connections to identify, pose and solve problems in a relevant and divergent way.

Innovation is the successful application of ideas within an organization. In other words, creativity is the concept and innovation is the process.

What is educational innovation?

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Generate in students the capabilities to act and transform their destiny. This requires going through the experience of in-depth learning, of creating the will to learn in those learning spaces.

What is innovation?

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"Innovation is original ideas that generate social or economic value in a sustainable way".

Differences between R&D and innovation

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Research: activities whose objective is the acquisition of new knowledge that may be useful for the creation of new products, processes or services or contribute to considerably improving existing ones.

Development

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Acquisition, combination, configuration and use of existing knowledge and techniques, of a scientific, technological, business or other nature, with a view to the development of plans and structures or designs of new, modified or improved products, processes or services. It includes the preparation of projects, designs, plans and other types of documentation as long as it is not intended for commercial uses, as well as the development of prototypes and pilot projects.

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Innovation, as we will see, goes further. It uses knowledge and also a plan, but its priority is application and feasibility in a real environment.