DEVELOPING THE HABIT TO THINK CREATIVELY: NEED OF THE HOUR

Behavioural Science

Creativity can be understood as the ability to develop new insights into situations and apply innovative solutions to make improvements. It necessitates one to think creatively. The cognitive processes involved in creativity are domain specific knowledge; divergent and convergent thinking strategies that include ‘out of the box’ as well as ‘inside the box’; and intrinsic motivation to make the imagination a reality. Creativity and innovation plays a significant role in education, industry, of course in all areas of life. To think, creatively, has become a significant source of employability characteristics that and employer is looking for in job interview. At the same time, competencies to develop ‘innovation skills’ need to be developed in students through teaching learning process. Innovation requires both the support of the individual and society as a whole. The root/core of innovation lies in creativity and future thinking skills. The development of creative thinking skills is related to educational environment. This paper discusses on how our teaching learning process can nurture as well as enhance the habit to think creatively.

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