Abstract
M.Ed.
There are many types of thinking: critical, creative, practical, reflective etc. Unfortunately, most
schools promote the 'one right answer' concept, probably due to the fact that it is easier to teach and
easier to learn. Reproductive learning answered the survival needs of the past and although it is still
necessary it is no longer sufficient. If our children are to anticipate and cope with the turbulence of
change, both at an individual and social level, they need to learn not simply how to accommodate the
future but how to shape it. If one of the challenges of education is to prepare children for a fast
changing world, then teaching children to be creative becomes a clear need.
Teachers seem to lack the knowledge and skills needed to recognise when creativity is taking place.
This study looks at how learners demonstrate creativity whilst engaged in the technological process.
The study was developed using the qualitative research paradigm with observation and a focus group
interview as the methods of data collection. From this data creative indicators emerged. Learners
must be encouraged to be creative at school and Technology Education provides the ideal platform
for this.