Creativity has been thought to be associated with the arts in numerous contexts for many years. Applying and appreciating creativity in sciences, engineering, math, and other subjects is still limited till present because of many misconceptions about the creative thinking, process, product, evaluation, and value. This researcher believes that creativity is very valuable as a significant life skill that everyone at the global, societal, and individual levels need to acquire in order to effectively meet the challenge in the next century. This researcher created a new theory that introduces a new profile to understand creativity in children and adults. “Education for Creativity rather than Education for achievement” is a new educational reform that this researcher initiated. Implementing creativity in all life aspects including our daily life activities in addition to all areas of study and research are other issues that are needed to be highly considered in order to produce an innovative society. Recognizing and rewarding creative behavioral expressions in students’ creative process rather than teaching for the product is one of the most critical factors that leads to innovative research and impressive learning outcomes. Examining students’ learning style in connection to their creativity profile in the subject area is another critical factor to help the students to reach their maximum potentials. It has been proven according to this new theory that most students who are highly interested in conducting research in science, math, technology, and engineering belong to the right brain visual spatial non verbal learning style which has its own thinking and personality profile in addition to its own challenges.
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