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Discuss with Nobel Laureates on

Science Education

& Creativity

Creativity

How to produce more creative students?

Asian students

Bright Hard-working Good at taking exams Not very creative Short of original ideas

Oriental Cultures

Obedience is a virtue:– Obey to parents– Obey to teachers– Obey to authorities– Obey to textbooks– Obey to ... you name it

How can one be creative if he/she was brought up this way?

American Culture

Independence is a virtue:– Be independent– Have your own opinions, styles, …– Learn how to think and not what to think

Under the current cultures …

How to foster the student’s creativity? How not to strangle the student’s

creativity?

Good or bad for creativity?

Examination.– In-class, closed-book exams– In-class, open-book exams– Take-home exams

Homework– Excises– Project

Good or bad for creativity?

Questions asked in exams– Stress memorization– Stress understanding– Stress problem solving– Stress creativity/original ideas

How to improve one’s creativity?

Not improve, but awaken or recover

How?

1.不按牌理出牌

2.學 禪

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