"[A]s many studies have shown, creativity (as achievement) must be based on a vast amount of knowledge and practice in order to produce original works of art and science; failing to give children the chance to acquire this basic knowledge condemns them to a life of complete failure as far as genuine, socially valued and creative activity is concerned."
"Those who advocate allowing children to 'express themselves' ... and failing to teach them the basic skills required for such expression, and the needed knowledge to have worthwhile creative ideas, are not helping the child to become creative in any meaningful way; they are making certain that he would never have anything worthwhile to contribute to society."
"The tragedy is that for 30 years or more children in the UK and the USA have been prevented from learning all about the necessary infrastructure on which any creative endeavour must be based."
"Those who advocate allowing children to 'express themselves' ... and failing to teach them the basic skills required for such expression, and the needed knowledge to have worthwhile creative ideas, are not helping the child to become creative in any meaningful way; they are making certain that he would never have anything worthwhile to contribute to society."
"The tragedy is that for 30 years or more children in the UK and the USA have been prevented from learning all about the necessary infrastructure on which any creative endeavour must be based."
Hans J. Eysenck, Genius, 1995
"[A]s many studies have shown, creativity (as achievement) must be based on a vast amount of knowledge and practice in order to produce original works of art and science; failing to give children the chance to acquire this basic knowledge condemns them to a life of complete failure as far as genuine, socially valued and creative activity is concerned."
AntwortenLöschenCreativity, at priori, need itself to be possible...
It's not exactly a VAST amount of knowledge but a diversity of knowledge of the same stuff as well the flexibility or the liberty to think this knowledge is not enough, without this perfectionism, even with creativity skil, the [intrinsic] motivation will not be triggered.
Another thing, it's not just the size of knowledge you have but the quality of understanding you have to be capable to advance.
High creativity levels seems quite rare, i don't buy this lamarckian/scholastic explanation for the perceived reduction of creativity expression, even, seems, ''we'' have had many achievements during that time.
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