CREATIVITY IN TEACHING MATHEMATICS

Abstract

Modern education aims to form a versatile and creative personality that will leave school equipped for life, and mathematical skills are deemed necessary skills to participate in modern society. So, one of the challenges of modern education is precisely to enable the conditions for the development of creativity in school. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to review the relevant literature to define the concept of creativity in mathematics teaching, point out the need to stimulate creativity in students and present some of the strategies for encouraging creativity in mathematics teaching. The paper presents the connection between mathematics teaching and creativity, as well as the factors that influence creativity in mathematics teaching. Strategies for encouraging creativity in teaching mathematics were also presented, as well as a presentation of games that can be used in teaching, with a review of their application in working with students with intellectual disabilities.

Keywords

• creativity
• mathematical creativity
• teaching
• education
• mathematics