I really enjoyed the reading about creativity. One of the examples that I have done in the past was a housing unit I did for the students. We looked at the process of buying a house, financing, credit scores, real estate principles, and other concepts relate to these things. I had a realtor in town show us different houses and told us things we needed to look for. After that I had the students design and then build models of their dream house. In the end it came down to what decisions do they need to make in life to make that dream house a reality.
I believe one of the hardest parts of fostering creativity is mindset. The majority of people are consumers not creators of content. Many people do not think they can be creative or are scared to try. This will be a challenge for students and teachers but we cannot be afraid to try.
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