How do we address the apparent decrease in student creativity, imagination and general literacy skills. In a world which is so reliant on technology do we need to take a step back to old school teaching techniques to develop the skills required. This made it sound like the complaint of a jaded DT teacher: Kids these days are just not as creative as they used to be … However, researchers have shown their findings to confirm just this. An American based research panel found that levels of ‘creativity’ had decreased among children. It stated that since 1990, children were found to have less of a sense of humour and were less able to produce unique and unusual ideas. In 2021 PISA put together a Creative Thinking Framework to research and define post covid difficulties. Has the modern society and expectations extinguished the creative spark among our youth? Experts say creativity is innate, so it can't really be lost. But it does need to be nurtured.
