Innovation, Creativity & Entrepreneurship

Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship relates to the ability to take risks in creating, to pursue new ideas and build on a concept or product. To demonstrate competence in this area means to be able to solve complex problems and lead others with "an ethical entrepreneurial spirit" (Government of Ontario, 2015, p. 56.) This area of 21st century learning may feel new or uncomfortable for some educators, particularly since many current frameworks of curriculum and assessment do not often incorporate expectations or measures for these skills. On this page you will find information about how to foster Innovation, Creativity & Entrepreneurship in the classroom, was well as some tools that can be used to build these competencies.

Assessing creativity may be considered a daunting task. Here is a rubric designed by Grant Wiggins that may be used to define some criteria for what may be considered a creative effort. Do you agree with these criteria? The Educational Leadership article, "Assessing Creativity" by Susan M. Brookhart, also contains a rubric for assessing creativity. How do you assess creativity in the classroom? Is that even necessary? What do you think?