JPSY_V4_N4_Art1 Brent Muirhead Journal on Educational Psychology 2230 – 7141 4 4 1 10 Creativity, Standardized Testing, Creative Teaching, Problem Solving, Novel Ideas, Creative Teacher Characteristics The article discusses creative teaching for public school teachers. It provides historical background on creativity research and highlights the barriers to creative teaching. The article emphasizes the relevant ways that teachers can encourage creativity in student work while supporting course objectives and standardized test preparation. The article explains how teachers can play a vital role in developing lesson plans, activities and class discussions that promote student growth in problem solving skills, develop original thinking and the expression of novel ideas. February - April 2011 Copyright © 2011 i-manager publications. All rights reserved. i-manager Publications http://www.imanagerpublications.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=1414