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Empirical research on creativity

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The article talks about the teaching of creativity and seeks to know whether it can be taught. The researchers have carried out several tests that have proven that children are more creative than adults because the older education system trained the adults to be good workers and followers of instructions. Therefore, creativity can be learned, not through a lecture but by learning and practically applying the creative thinking process. The article suggests that creativity is an essential skill that can be developed. Creativity begins with a good foundation of knowledge, discipline learning, and mastering thoughts. Learning to be creative involves exploring imaginations, experimenting, questioning assumptions, and synthesizing information.

The article gives the discoveries of Mobley, a researcher. Mobley realized that people don't learn to be creative; instead, they should be creative. He gave an example of a Marine recruit saying that being a Marine requires boot camp rigors, not just reading the manual. Mobley's other discovery is that the fastest way of becoming creative is by hanging around with creative people. Also, he discovered that creativity highly correlates with self-knowledge citing the impossibility of overcoming biases if one doesn’t know they exist. Finally, Mobley gave asked his students to accept being wrong in their ideas. According to Mobley, there were no bad or wrong ideas as building blocks for better ideas (Kim & Hua, 2019).

The article is empirical research as it is based on observation and measurement of a particular phenomenon by a researcher. The data collected by the researcher was compared to a hypothesis, but the results were still based on real-life experience. The articles can be applied in educational institution to teach creativity and help the students learn about it easily. The articles have articulated different aspects of creativity and demonstrated the best ways of acquiring creativity in life.

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Kim, K. H., & Hua, Y. (2019). How Cultural Parenting Impacts Children’s Academics and Creativity. Creativity. Theories–Research-Applications, 6(2), 198-222.