Fairy Dust & Grit

A colleague recently shared this article (Fairy Dust and Grit) with me.  These are the key points:

• know that everyone has the capacity to be creative
• ask explicitly to be creative
• value differences
• help students find their passions
• talk about what creativity means, why it matters, and how it develops
• craft an environment that evokes creativity
• don't consign creativity to the realm of fairy dust (often creativity is followed by hard work)
• observe a creative life everyday