COMMITMENT TO CREATIVITY IN EDUCATION?

Abstract

In the United States and Canada, there is a widespread belief that every human being has a right to optimum development of his potentialities, interests, goals, percepts and assets. In the United States, this belief was reaffirmed when the 1970 White House Conference on Children voted its top priority by a large margin to the following recommendations "Provide opportunities for every child to learn, grow, and live creatively by reordering national priorities." Despite all of our affirmations we have never had much sustained support for educational provisions that support creativity. It is now time that we ask some searching questions about our priorities. What is necessary for the realization of a more creative kind of education?