Asking Questions
“All teaching and learning lies in the art of questioning. Questioning which is the basis of teaching task encourages recalling , deepens the learning process and comprehension , promotes the imagination and problem-solving , satisfies the sense of curiosity , and increases the creativity.”
From - Role of Creative Questioning in the Process of Learning and Teaching - Ali Reza Zolfaghari , Davood Fathi , Masoud Hashemi
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Imitation
Its true you can copy other people’s ideas. This may go against the spirit of creativity but it’s there.