Role of Teaching in Promoting Creativity in Children

Promoting creativity and rationality is a problem that can be studied from different angles. It can be claimed that the cultural and scientific strength of each society is based on its intellectual capabilities. Therefore, it is necessary that the authorities focus on the required investments and employ enough accuracy in order to foster such capabilities during childhood. This paper emphasizes the techniques and methods useful for obtaining this goal rather than the necessity of the goal itself, which demands an extensive discussion by itself. In doing so, after explaining the principles and details of correct teaching and the qualities and constructive interactions between teachers and students, the writers refer to Ibn Sina’s teaching method, which is based on the peripheral thinking approach, as an example of a collection of techniques leading to the rise of creativity in children.