Barriers to teaching and learning creative thinking and meta-thinking seem to be related to teaching and learning any new concept. Paradoxically, the very thinking processes inhibited by these barriers offer promising pathways to dissolving the barriers themselves. This article outlines both the specific barriers and some directions for solutions .
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