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EDUCATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGY
DR. AI
CHAPTER 9
CREATIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING IN EDUCATION
21ST CENTURY LEARNERS
21ST CENTURY LEARNING SKILLS
WHAT IS CREATIVITY?
The tendency to generate or recognize
ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that
may be useful in solving problems.
The ability to come up with new ideas or
ways of doing things.
generation of new or novel ideas or
associations between existing concepts.
BRAINSTORM
Recall your time as a student think about what you
gained from being in a ‘creative’ classroom.
HOW THE CREATIVE PROCESS WORKS?
ELEMENTS OF CREATIVITY
Fluency Elaboration
The ability to produce a large The ability to enhance ideas
number of ideas or alternate by providing more detail
solutions to a problem.
Flexibility Originality
The ability to see things in The ability to come up with
different ways completely unique ideas
The Three Interrelated Elements of Creative Pedagogy (Lin, 2009)
TEACHING FOR CREATIVITY
A form of teaching that are intended to develop young peoples own
creative thinking or behaviour.
‘Teaching for creativity involves teaching creatively’
Principles:
Encouraging Identifying Fostering
young young creativity &
people to people’s provide
believe in creative opportunities
their abilities to be
creative creative
identity
CREATIVE TEACHING
Teaching style that increase levels
of motivation & self-esteem on the
part of learners & to prepare them
with the flexible skills they need for
the future.
Variety of techniques and methods
that incorporate elements of
creativity and involve effective
interactions between teachers and
students
TASK
In groups, discuss strategies for fostering creative
teaching in the classroom.
Post your answer in Padlet.
CREATIVE TEACHING METHODS
CREATIVE TEACHING
Teaching for creativity involves:
asking open-ended questions where there may be multiple
solutions
working in groups on collaborative projects
using imagination to explore possibilities
making connections between different ways of seeing
exploring the ambiguities and tensions that may lie between
them.
encourage respectful dialogue and questions
encourage inquiry-based and meaningful learning
question assumptions
encourage different viewpoints and perspectives to
encourage cross-fertilization of ideas
CREATIVE TEACHING
Teaching for creativity involves:
Encourage peer teaching and collaborative team projects
Provide a safe place to take sensible risks
Foster self-efficacy and intrinsic motivation
Be inclusive and respect diversity in all its forms
Focus on unstructured and ill-defined problem-solving
Encourage self-regulated learning and active participation
in the learning process
Creative teaching and learning should be tailored to every
subject.
CREATIVE TEACHING
Teaching for creativity involves:
Set high expectations for performance that match one’s
knowledge and skills
Extrinsic and intrinsic rewards for performance are
important
Integrate knowledge using interdisciplinary concepts
Look for overarching patterns and underlying principles
Dialogue, collaboration, and mentoring are vital
Sound argumentation and logical reasoning
Deep personal reflection of their own understanding
Foster proper work attitudes and study habits
Make learning personally meaningful and interesting
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YOU