Today's world is subject to changes that are visible in all aspects of human life. The constant aspiration to improve social conditions created the need to change the current education system. When the question is raised about changing the educational system, a creative approach is imposed as the answer. Creative teaching has become an imperative of the 21st century, and it is rightly given increasing importance. Creative teaching has always been considered desirable and necessary, but today the need for it due to the long-term retention of listening-sitting and lecturing classes is more and more emphasized at all levels of education. Most teachers believe that modern teaching is unimaginable without creativity, although there are also those teachers who still rely on the traditional approach to teaching. Aware of the fact that the traditional approach to learning is no longer sufficient, teachers must be able to adapt to changes and take an active role in encouraging diverse and stimulating activities for their students. Instead of just "transmitting knowledge", teachers should become guides who encourage research, independent thinking and critical questioning and thus enable the integral development of students. This work investigated what challenges teachers face and what, in their opinion, are elements of traditional teaching, and which are elements of contemporary (creative) teaching. It was also investigated which type of teaching has a better effect on students. Mixed methodology was used in the research, an interview was conducted with classroom teachers and the formative evaluation of students was analyzed. The results of the research show that teachers are slowly moving away from the traditional way of teaching and are increasingly accepting a creative way of teaching. They find ways to encourage and develop the creativity of their students and are aware of the benefits of creative teaching. Teachers are motivated to overcome challenges and include creativity in their teaching. They recognize that creative teaching can develop key skills in students. Creative teaching proved to be more effective in stimulating active participation of students in the teaching process.