Research Roundup: Thinking Outside the Square: Cultivating Adult and Youth Creativity

Although we have experienced great advances in scientific and technological knowledge over the decades, research suggests that pace of innovation is slowing down. Creativity “the process having original ideas value,” yet a recent article surveying decades worth data patents reports innovative papers science technology are becoming less disruptive time. Since 1990, children compelling losses scores on Torrance Tests Creative Thinking (TTCT). In 2010, educational psychologist, Kyung Hee Kim coined term “creativity crisis” to refer this steady decline. Having creative thought following it through with action what has enabled humans evolve. Without creativity, would not vaccines combat illnesses, flush toilets, libraries electronic check-out systems. gives us ability face new problems courage envision try different solutions until find right one.