Is it enough emphasis on creativity?

[JurgaSala]

I have an interest in education and at the same time I am dissapointed in the way it develops (or rather develops not fast enough to equip our children with competences that they need). I remember my lecturer once said: you are studying current wisdom but anyway half of you will be working in positions that currently doesnt exist-so you goal should be to foster creativity and flexibility at Uni rather than to focus on technical skills.
And when I think right now it was the school which kind of 'tought' me not to make mistakes and focus on performing tasks technically perfect rather than be creative.

I think schools should reconsider their curricula and put more leverage on subjects that fosters creativity.

DO you think the same or do you think it's solely parents role?

I do think some people put an over emphasis on creativity where it comes to education. I would rather commonsense and flexability and initiative seen as more important skills.

However yesterday my yr7 DD had an enterprise day at school. They were put into small groups and come up with an Incentive Scheme for schools and do a business presentation. This teaches them all sorts of skills including creativity. Some projects now have to be presented to an audience rather than just handing it in, which is something I could never have done at their age.

As a university teacher, I think if you get to uni you have to have the flexibility to start learning in new ways rather than just saying "but this is what I was taught to do at school". Also, I don't actually see a lot of students who suffer from overmuch technical perfection

Cory, if yuo thought otherwise, you would be a bad teacher Thanks for insights!