Summer Camp, 2012

Creativity and Innovation in Teaching Bushra Shahab-OUP ( )

Creativity, consists largely of re- arranging what we know in order to find out what we do not know." Bushra Shahab-OUP ( )

Creativity is as natural and necessary for children as fresh air and sunshine! Expose your students to creative experiences-it is a heaping help of learning skills Bushra Shahab-OUP ( )

What do we mean by innovation? the successful exploitation of new ideas …at least two types of innovation Entirely new ideas Re-working of an old idea or the transferring and embedding of existing ideas in to a new setting Bushra Shahab-OUP ( )

the nature of innovation ….? Incremental Innovation Minor modifications to existing product Swims with the tide Starts with the present and works forward School improvement ? Radical Innovation Significant breakthrough representing major shift in design Swims against the tide Starts with the future and works backwards Transformation ? Bushra Shahab-OUP ( )

Living, Learning and Working Living, Learning and Working Critical, Creative, and Conceptual Thinking Bushra Shahab-OUP ( )

 create  design  invent  imagine  suppose Bushra Shahab-OUP ( )

Seven Implications for Creative & Innovative Classrooms Set open-ended challenges Make thinking important Make thinking explicit Ask ‘rich’ questions Enable collaborative learning Promote self-management Make connections across contexts Bushra Shahab-OUP ( )

 books with absurd rhymes,  engage children in imaginative games that promote  include creative activities during group time Bushra Shahab-OUP ( )

 Student-Centered classroom  High-level Interaction with teacher, with other students  Less structured lesson plan  Exposure to various learning strategies; allowing students to choose their own  Active participation (performance)  Self-management Bushra Shahab-OUP ( )

 Modeling Creativity  Stimulating Creativity  Rewarding Creativity  (above all) Not Punishing Creativity Bushra Shahab-OUP ( )

The Challenge of Creativity  People are afraid to defy the crowd because of ◦ External pressure ◦ Internal pressure Bushra Shahab-OUP ( )

Creative Attitude  Redefine problems  Analyze solutions  Sell solutions  Recognize strengths and limits of knowledge  Persevere in surmounting obstacles  Take sensible risks  Attain self-efficacy  Find what you love to do  Tolerate ambiguity  Continue to grow  Maintain a sense of perspective and humor  Allow time  Defy the crowd Bushra Shahab-OUP ( )

I can’t memorize the words by themselves; I have to memorize the feelings. Marilyn Monroe Bushra Shahab-OUP ( )

Creativity in the Classroom  Creativity can be taught/developed in the classroom using.. ◦ Brainstorming  Generation of ideas  Constructive critique of ideas  Familiar made strange and the strange made familiar Bushra Shahab-OUP ( )

Intelligence and creativity are independent of each other, and a highly creative child may or may not be highly intelligent. Bushra Shahab-OUP ( )

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