Creative Learning

Critical thinking and problem-solving are commonly discussed among many creatives today. Schools, businesses, and institutions need individuals who proffer solutions to their challenges. As a result, soft skills, including creativity, problem-solving, and critical thinking, have to be ingrained into the curriculum in schools. These skills are not set apart for a set of people but can be acquired by all.

Young people, especially children, have specific creativity, curiosity and energy in them, which, when properly channelled, can be implemented to create a world of possibilities. There are different ways children can learn; one is through play.

 

At the last mentoring session with the Dolly Children Foundation team, the children had the opportunity to play different games, including chess, monopoly, and scrabble. These games allow them to create solutions to things that may prevent them from winning.

They unconsciously begin to build critical thinking and problem-solving skills, two of the superior soft skills in this decade. It is also imperative that the skills taught in the classroom are transferred beyond the school so that students can produce innovations that create solutions.