Enhancing Creativity in the classrooms

ENHANCING CREATIVITY

IN THE CLASSROOMS

Dr. Dheeraj Mehrotra

(Author & National Awardee)

SESSION OBJECTIVE

CREATIVITY IS THE BACKBONE

OF ANY INDIVIDUAL THAT

DESIRES SUCCESS !

WITHOUT CREATIVITY, SUCCESS

IN ANY FIELD IS JUST NOT

POSSIBLE !

TEACHERS NEED TO

MOTIVATE THEMSELVES

TO BE

CREATIVE AND CONTINUE TO

STIMULATE CREATIVITY

IN THEIR STUDENTS !

Let Students take over the classroom

‘CREATIVITY IS SENSING THE

POTENTIALITIES OF A CHILD -

AND THEN HELPING THAT

CHILD ATTAIN THEM’

E . PAU L T O R R A N C E

CREATIVITYHAS NOT JUST REMAINED A

FANCY TOOL BUT HAS

EMERGED AS AN

INDISPENSABLE TOOL FOR

SUCCESS IN ANY FIELD.

TEACHING IS ON OF THEM ! ! !

CREATIVE TEACHING IDEAS !

FORM A SUBJECT

VOCABULARY

DELIVER PASSION WHILE

TEACHING !

MATCH THE LIKES OF THE

CHILDREN !

OBTAIN THE SAY OF THE

CHILDREN IN CLASS !

RE-DISCOVER LEARNING TO

TEACH !

USE ICT TO DELIVER

INTELLIGENCE !

USE CREATIVITY TO CURE

IGNORANCE !

THE ULTIMATE SHARE !

CONNECT

EMOTIONALLY !

PERMIT FREQUENT DISCUSSION

AND INTERACTION AMID

STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM

MAKE TIME FOR INFORMAL

CLASS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE

STUDENTS

KNOW YOUR CHILD BY THE

FIRST NAME !

ENCOURAGE OBSERVATION

DEVELOP HONING SKILLS

EXPLORE BRAINSTORMING

EXPLORE DIVERGENT

THINKING WITHIN CLASSROOMS

!

REVERSING THE

QUESTION/ANSWER

PARADIGM

WITH 95% STRATEGIC

PARTICIPATION

PROMOTE QUALITY LEARNING

ENCOURAGE LEARNING VIA

FAILURE !

SHARE THE PRIDE OF

“THERE IS ALWAYS A SECOND

CHANCE KNOWN AS TOMORROW

!”

THINK OF CREATIVITY AS A

SKILL WHICH CAN BE LEARNT

BY PRACTICE !

RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT THE

BEST CREATIVITY INSTRUCTION

TIES IN THE EMOTIONS OF THE

LEARNER

USE A CREATIVITY MODEL( AV O I D I N G D I S T R A C T I O N S I N C L A S S R O O M S )

THE OSBORNE-PARNES MODEL

IS OLDEST, WIDELY ACCEPTED

MODEL.

IT IS OFTEN USED IN EDUCATION

AND BU S I NES S I M P ROVEM ENT.

EACH STEP INVOLVES A DIVERGENT

THINKING PATTERN TO CHAL L ENGE

IDEAS, AND THEN CONVERGENT

THI NKI NG TO NARROW DOWN

EX P L ORATION:

Osborne-Parnes model

M E S S - F I N D I N G . I D E N T I F Y A G OA L O R

O B J E C T I V E .

FA C T - F I N D I N G . G AT H E R I N G DAT A .

P RO B L E M - F I N D I N G . C L A R I F Y I N G T H E

P RO B L E M

I D E A - F I N D I N G . G E N E R AT I N G I D E A S

S O LU T I O N - F I N D I N G . S T R E N G T H E N I N G &

E VA L UAT I N G I D E A S

A C C E P T A N C E - F I N D I N G . P L A N O F AC T I O N

F O R I M P L E M E N T I N G I D E A S

CREATIVITY BREEDS IN A

CONGENIAL ENVIRONMENT !

INCUBATION MODEL OF

CREATIVITYDESIGNED BY

E. PAUL TORRANCE

It involves 3

stages:

HEIGHTENING ANTICIPATION

MAKE CONNECTIONS

BETWEEN THE CLASSROOM

AND STUDENT’S REAL LIVES.

“CREATE THE DESIRE TO

KNOW”.

DEEPEN EXPECTATIONS

ENGAGE THE CURRICULUM IN

NEW WAYS. BRAINSTORM AND

CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO

SOLVE A NOVEL PROBLEM.

KEEP IT GOING

CONTINUE THE THINKING

BEYOND THE LESSON OR

CLASSROOM. FIND WAYS TO

EXTEND LEARNING

OPPORTUNITIES AT HOME

OR EVEN THE COMMUNITY.

Let us Teach

creative skills

explicitly

According to Collard,

“Creative skills aren’t just

about good ideas, they are

about having the skills to

make good ideas happen.”

He suggests creative skills

should include 5 major

areas:

• Imagination

• Being disciplined or self-motivated.

• Resiliency (able to return to original

form after being stretched)

• Collaboration

• Giving responsibility to students. Have

them develop their own projects.

ACTIVITY

ACTIVITYHow can we make our classroom

teaching CREATIVE?

Sample Examples:

I use positive words in my class !

I discuss politics !

I discuss the football match !

VIDEO ON

CREATIVE

TEACHING #1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQD9bvg5014

VIDEO ON

CREATIVE

TEACHING #2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV7DiTFdtvw

Use the phrase

I ADOPT YOU !

AMAZE

Your audience

using some

creativity !

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