Teaching is a creative profession, not a delivery system. Great teachers do [pass on information], but what great teachers also do is mentor, stimulate, provoke, engage.
Teaching for creativity aims to encourage self-confidence, independence of mind, and the capacity to think for oneself.
Teaching for creativity involves teaching creatively. There are three related tasks in teaching for creativity: encouraging, identifying and fostering.
The first task in teaching for creativity in any field is to encourage people to believe in their creative potential and to nurture the confidence to try.