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Old 09-26-2009, 07:22 AM   #17 (permalink)
NumberNineDream
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creativity cannot be taught, it can only be expanded with the right knowledge. But it's either there or not. The technique on the other hand can be taught, but it shouldn't be the base. If we stick to technique there wouldn't be any experimentation, thus reducing the imaginary.

School and university tend to strictly teach technique, because it is in a way objective, and for everyone. However, teaching subjects that are restricted to imagination can be even more dangerous, as it is purely subjective. Teachers tend to define the good project following their own taste, thus undermining any project somehow different.

I feel teachers shouldn't teach theory, cause anything these days can just be googled. On the other hand it's better to have an experienced person telling us where and how to wander in our research without telling what's right and wrong. The teacher should expand our horizons, show us a different way of thinking. Unfortunately, teachers always have the urge to transform all students into their little clones.
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