Истраживачки приступ и креативност у настави подразумевају отвореност за различитости

Abstract

Creativity implies openness for recognition of diversities, because it is in itself susceptible to various problems and abilities for developing diverse ideas, flexible interdisciplinary approach to problems from various aspects and to discovering original solutions different from standard. Democratic atmosphere that promotes the dialogue and freedom of thinking creates conditions for recognizing the diversities, thereby for supporting the development of creative and critical thinking in school. Many researchers and educators, the author of the present paper too, have already shown recognition of diversities in teaching through their commitment to groupcooperative, active, interactive, drama, multi-frontal and different alternative teaching methods. The aim of the paper is to primarily point to the contribution of student creative and exploratory work. Especially, if exploratory work is organized as team-work, it develops openness for various problems, the skill of approaching the problem from various aspects (flexibly and interdisciplinary), creative association of distant ideas, utilization of methodology and exploratory work procedures that provide logical ways of searching for solutions and susceptibility to the new, different and unexplored. Recognition of individual abilities of team members, which can be productive for the exploration process, encourages talents and group consciousness about the necessity and benefits of individual and cultural differences among people.