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Educational psychology is also concerned with the dynamics of learning. In his contribution to this course, George Reese analyzes by way of example the notion of "productive struggle." How can educational psychology help us to understand the processes of learning?

Make an Update: Take one area of the learning sciences. How does educational psychology contribute to our understanding? What evidence does it offer? What interpretative concepts and theories does it provide?

In this week of the course Dr. George Reese analyzed the material very nicely. 

The part of learning sciences that particularly interested me was how to encourage creativity in children. I think that because of today's way of life, technology and ready-made ideas, children's imagination and creativity are declining. Of corse, not all children are creative, but today's statistics tell us that children's creativity is declining, unlike in the past, when children were much more involved in creative activities. 

Some of the ways we can encourage children's creativity are: 

1. create a stimulating atmosphere
2. give children more freedom, or encourage them to work the way they want to 
3. provide them with enough time and resources for creative expression 
4. encourage them to motivate themselves for creative expression 
5. allow children to express their opinions 

It is important to know that the same child can be ceative in only one area while in another not. Not all children express their creativity in the same way and children must be taught that diversity is good. Scientific studies have shown that if a child is exposed to nature it is increases his creativity and curiosity about the world and discovering new knowledge. 

The school can also make a major contribution to the development of children's creativity. Teachers should give more tasks in which children could show their creativity but also develop it at the same time. In this way they could learn from each other but also learn from the mistakes they make, it is important to teach them that mistakes are normal and direct them to get better every time. 

I personally think that in the age we live in it is very important to develp children's creativity. The earlier children start to develop their creativity, the higher it will be in the future. I believe that this area is very important for observation from a psychological point of view. On the psychological and pedagogical side it can also help us to better understand children, their wishes and goals.