Reflecting on the suggestions given by Richards (2013) and the American Psychological Association’s YouTube video (2016), creativity brings a novel stimulating environment that allows mediators to express themselves in different ways; an environment where new or unusual ideas are respected and valued; a context of freedom and autonomy to experiment, make mistakes and evolve; teachers as guides rather than instructors so that knowledge is discovered rather than learned; lots of play; sensory and emotional education; a system of self-correction and evaluation by goals and progress.
We as mediators have the potential to be creative and innovative; biologically we are creators, but we need to adapt the environment in which we live since contexts may or may not encourage creativity; in the specific case of administrative institutions' support. It is important to focus teaching-learning process not on transmitting information and content, but on encouraging curiosity, the scientific and literary competences, and problem-solving.
Apprentices, more than storing information, must learn to innovate, to change continuously, to try, to make mistakes to become better, question and explore. Teachers will be creative if they stimulate individual potentialities, mental flexibility, originality, inventiveness, new ideas, autonomy, and emotional and social development.
References
Richards, J. (2013). Creativity in Language Teaching. Plenary address given at City University of Hong Kong, 5th June 2013. University of Hong Kong. Recovered from: https://www.professorjackrichards.com/wp- content/uploads/Creativity-in-Language-Teaching.pdf