Coach Creativity Skill - Graeme Smith - Bog

CoachThe best sports coaches, in any sport, changes, improve or otherwise modifies behaviour.They have a basic understanding that each student is different.Coach Creativity Skill is also non-cultural.Students and teachers in any culture, speaking any language, can experience Coach Creativity Skill.So there is NO group or individual who cannot be a student of this program.CreativityCreativity is divergent + convergent thinking followed by an expressive act.Years ago I had one of those 'Eureka' moments you may have heard about. Some teachers stopped listening to what I was saying and became involved in what they were doing.That's when I made a startling and unexpected discovery - the teachers were exhibiting creativity! In the experiments you and your students experienced, the same thing happened.You were in my role and your students were like those teachers.At that time I had read quite a few studies into creativity, creativeness and similar ideas. So at least I had an idea of what creativity was - the invention of new knowledge! It's a behaviour that is intrinsic to both art and education and is NOT language based!Non-verbal education ought to be before anything based on language for that's how we learn.After we know something we can start to find words for that knowledge. SkillSkill is developed by repetition of a behaviour over a period of time.It is therefore built from situations where the behavior is limited.Creativity is a behavior, so like any other behavior, skill can be developed.People considered creative possess that skill.But how do you get have high level autonomous creativity? With practice comes control and we can predict what might happen. As we practice even more we become increasingly effective, and the results are better.Most really creative people work at this level as a result of years of experience. But developing skill takes a lot of time. All children learn to solve problems for that's how they learn to talk, walk and many other things.Adults learning the same things tend to be impatient and not to allow sufficient time for skill to develop. The sport of body building illustrates what should take place. The athlete completes many lifts of weights over a lengthy period of time. Small increments of additional weight are applied at regular intervals. Eventually the weight-lifter builds sufficient strength to lift very heavy weights.Weights that would have been impossible at the beginning of this training process. Developing skilled creativity is no different! Many repetitions of anything with interest and motivation = skill development.Coach Creativity Skill is not rocket science but common sense.Instead of a few seeming to be creative all students are.