Inventiveness

I think the best way to encourage inventiveness in the school setting is to create activities that require it in the activity. This way there is a sense that they have to be inventive. If these activities are found to be fun by the kids then they will do it on their own later on. I think in some schools this is being stifled out because everything is being standardized. If this is the case then there is only right and wrong answers. There is no room for any grey area. This grey area is where imagination lies. I think the kids have to know that having an imagination is okay in the classroom. This could also be accomplished through the teacher coming up with inventive classroom settings. This would show that you are glad to see inventiveness. Also you should let them know when there is no grey area such as in things like math and certain science principles. The rest is pretty much completely debatable.