内蒙古包头市一机一中包头014030 【Abstract】 Creative education is a new and popular approach to education. It emphasizes more on developing students’ creativity. In order to carry out creative teaching,we will have to know some noticeable problems existing in our traditional English education in China. The factors which form these problems are the killer of creativity. This paper is on how to teach and learn creatively and effectively. It is composed of three parts, the first two parts containing theories on creativity and some problems existing in our educational system and in our English teaching. Some suggestions are proposed in the last paragraph.
【Keywords】
Creativity; Creative education; Creative teaching
【摘要】创新教育是一种新的受大众欢迎的教育方法。此方法更强调培养学生的创造力， 为了引进创新教学，我们必须了解中国传统英语教学中存在的一些突出问题；而这些是培养创新能力的绊脚石。作者谈到怎样能有效而富有创新的教和学。这篇文章包括三部分：前两部分包括创新理论及我们教育体系和英语教学中存在的一些问题。文章最后一部分提出作者的几条建议。
【关键词】创造力创新教育创新教学
I. Introduction
Creativity helps us make progress. The word at this time is rapidly changing with the science and information technology. The globalization is affecting our lifestyles, production and education, so creativity is the driving power ofman’s progress. It has not only created our history but also will draw the picture about man’s future. The highest goal of foreign language teaching is to train students to be capable of employing language skills and language techniques and ultimately become an independent and successful individuals living in the community. Teaching high school English is the clearance stage of teaching and learning English. Classroom teaching innovation in English teaching always requires teachers to reflect the initiative of students and give full play to the students in English teaching initiative, enthusiasm and creativity.This paper is to treat very briefly some theoretical issues on creative teaching and then followed by a few methods.
II. Creativity in English teaching
1.Definition of creativity
What is creativity? Creativity is to bring forth what does not exist either as a product or a process or a thought. Let’s tell a story to explain this definition clearer. In18th century, Karl Benz invented the first car in the world, which had four wheels, two seats, and a steam engine. His car looked like a cart. Although the process of making it was very similar to that of making a cart they were not the same after all. Later, Karl was familiar with the procedure of making cars, so he opened a small car factory and his car became an industrial product. More faster and more comfortable cars were manufactured and used by nobles. Then his car was not only a vehicle but also a symbol of status.
2.Creativity and Creative teaching
Furthermore,creative thinking is the process which we use when we come up with a new idea.And the whole essence of creativity lies in its freshness. Creativity is often unexpected and exciting, which involves breaking conventional rules and seeing things in new ways.Creative thinking is a special kind of energy,which moves through the whole body,also can simply be seen each day as something new and fresh and full of potentials.