Challenges for a pedagogical transformation: creative and innovative educational environments

Abstract

The accelerated expansion and dissemination of digital technologies has been promoting creativity and pedagogical innovation. In turn, creativity and innovation are today’s social capital. Education plays a key role in this process as it is the engine of economic, social and human development and the future of societies. In addition, the world has evolved with technology, based on two interdependent allies, creativity and innovation. The purpose of this study is to reflect on the importance of creative and innovative environments, which are an enabler of pedagogical transformation and social progress. Methodologically, it was used a bibliographical research collected in electronic repositories of free access from the descriptors educational environments, creativity, innovation and technologies. The results consistent with the literature suggest that the task is required of teachers to design environments that are conducive to the development of skills that reflect openness, coping with risk, critical thinking, flexibility, sensitivity, questioning and nonconformity, whose direct impact is fundamental to the process in the future life of students, in human development and in social progress.

Keywords

• ambientes educativos
• criatividade
• inovação
• tecnologias