Risa R. Simanjuntak

Risa R. Simanjuntak, S.S., M.App.Ling. M.A. obtained herbachelor degree in English Letters from GadjahMadaUniversity, Yogyakarta. She pursued her Masters in AppliedLinguistics under AusAid scholarship in 2013 from Universityof Melbourne. The following year she was awardedChevening scholarship and went to University of Leeds toobtain her Master’s degree in Educational Managementwhere she graduated with Distinction. After graduation shetaught English for factory workers in a CLC (CommunityLearning Center) in Bandung. She joined Maranatha ChristianUniversity the following year and in 2007 moved to Jakartaand to teach at Bina Nusantara University. Her researchinterests include language and society, language testing, andcorpus studies. She has been awarded research grants aswell as other development grants nationally andinternationally.

“Flourishing Creativity and

Innovation for Teaching Adults

in the Era of 21st Century”

Building innovation and creative

pedagogy to engage learners and extend

their learning

Questions We’d Like to Answer

1. What exactly does the creative pedagogy

for teaching adults look like in the era of

21st century?

What is Creative Pedagogy

“Creative pedagogy that includes educational

influence on the learner for acquisition of certain study material (subject)

…”Aleinikov, A. (1989)

What is Creative Pedagogy for?

“The goal of Creative Pedagogy is to transform any subject class (course, program, school) into a

creative teaching process that would produce creative learners (life learners) – much more

efficient learners than those produced by traditional school.

This transformation of the traditional class (course, program, school) is called “creative

orientation”.

Aleinikov, A. (1989)

What is Creative Linguistics

Aleinikov, A. (2013)

What is Creative Linguistics

Aleinikov, A. (2013)

What is Creative Linguistics

Creative linguistics (sozidolinguistics) is a study of the domain common for language/speech and creativity

(Aleinikov 1988a; 1992b; 1994). Sozidolinguistics selects in any communication event only those factors that deal with the generation of newness, that is, with

the creative aspect of language and speech. On the other hand, both creative thinking and creative

behavior, as it is well known, are based on and/or are wrapped into the language (including music and visual arts), and thus sozidonics, as the science of creativity

Aleinikov, A. (2013)

Creative Pedagogy: Moving Ahead

Lateral Thinking

Problem SolvingFinding new ways

For Inventions & Innovation

Questions We’d Like to Answer

2. Is the role of teacher/lecturer’s decreasing

or increasing regarding the implementation

of the creative pedagogy?

Knowing Today’s Generation

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21st C skills: 4Cs

• Collaboration

• Critical thinking

• Creativity, and

• Communication

10 Characteristics of Adult

Learners

1. Adults Generally Desire to Take More Control

Over Their Learning Than Youth

2. Adults Draw Upon Their Experiences as a

Resource in Their Learning Efforts More

Than Youth

3. Adult Tend to be More Motivated in Learning

Situations Than Youth

4. Adults Are More Pragmatic in Learning Than

Youth

5. In Contrast to Youth, the Learner Role is

Secondary for Adults

10 Characteristics of Adult

Learners

6.Adults Must Fit Their Learning into Life's

"Margins

7. Many Adults Lack Confidence in Their

Learning

8.Adults are More Resistant to Change Than

Youth

9. Adults Are More Diverse Than Youth

10.Adults Must Compensate for Aging inLearning

http://ctle.hccs.edu/facultyportal/tlp/seminars/tl1071SupportiveResources/Ten_Characteristics_Adults-Learners.pdf

Innovation and Our Learners

““The new

pedagogies

require students to

create new knowledge

and connect it to the

world by using the

power of digital

tools”

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Fullan, 2014

Pedagogy in 21st C:

New Pedagogies

Michael Fullan, Order of Canada, is

professor emeritus at the Ontario

Institute for Studies in Education,

University of Toronto.

He served as special adviser in

education to Ontario premier Dalton

McGuinty from 2003 to 2013, and now

serves as one of four advisers to

Premier Kathleen Wynne.

Pedagogy in 21st C:

New Pedagogies

He consults with governments and

school systems in several

countries.

Fullan has won numerous awards

for his more than thirty books,

including the 2015 Grawemeyer

prize with Andy Hargreaves for

Professional Capital.

Where do we fit in?

Our role should increase regarding the

implementation of the creative pedagogy.

New Pedagogy

(Fullan, 2014)

Lecturers’ Roles in the New

Pedagogy

1.Cultivator of 4Cs2.Researcher and expert in your

area of study(ies)

Do You Know that…

World Poet have

recorded Indonesia since

the 19th century?

Lecturers’ Roles in the New

Pedagogy

You the cultivator…

….construct new culture.

Lecturers’ Roles in the New

Pedagogy

You the researcher and expert…

Research Sample

Culturally Sensitive Model for Mobile-

Assisted Language Learning in Higher

Education

Lecturers’ Roles in the New

Pedagogy

You the researcher…

… comprehend thesituation.

As an English lecturer:

“The object of linguistic analysis

as here understood is to make

statements of meaning so that

we may see how we use

language to live.”

(Firth, 1955, p.23)

Questions We’d Like to Answer

3. How do the innovations in learning process

using the creative pedagogy work to engage

learners actively?

Questions We’d Like to Answer

What engages our learners?

What makes our teaching TICK?

Questions We’d Like to Answer

What ideas we can adopt and

improve?

Idea 1:

Gamification

Idea 1: Gamification

• Collaboration √√• Critical thinking

• Creativity, and √• Communication √

Idea 2:

SPEARA

(a tool for corpus-based

learning/DDL)

SPEARA

Specific English as Academic

Research Assistant

SPEARA

About

.

SPEARA is developed by a group of keen Linguist, Mobile-App developers, and Mobile-App designer

and architect.

SPEARA is funded by Indonesia's Higher Education Directorate, Ministry of Education and Culture, under the Grant Letter Number 003/SP2H/LT/DRPM/II/2016

and 214/SP2H/LT/DRPM/III/2016.

SPEARA: Activity

Science

Finding the meaning of the word “portfolio”

- Find the definition of the word

- Compare the use of the word in Humanity and

Science texts

- Identify other words being used together with

the word

- Redefine the meaning in your own words

Idea 2:

Corpus-based Learning/DDL

(data-driven learning)

å Collaboration å Critical thinking

• Creativity, and √• Communication √

Idea 3:

E-portfolio

Some definitions

“A selection of purposefully organized artifactsthat support retrospective and prospective reflection and that document, assess, and

enhance student learning over time.”(Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI))

A digitalized collection of work assembled for the purpose of displaying accomplishments and

demonstrating abilities.(Johnson & DiBiase, 2004, Lorenzo & Ittelson, 2005, Cambridge, B., et al., 2001)

Findings

Idea 3:

E-portfolio

å Collaboration å Critical thinking

• Creativity, and √• Communication √

Wordcloud: Activity

What are your perspectives on:

- Teaching

- Learning

- Creative pedagogy