why is it important to foster children’s creativity
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WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO
FOSTER CHILDREN’S CREATIVITY?
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WAYS THIS
CAN BE ACHIEVED...
Presentation By Amanda Findley
& Lisa Logan
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CREATIVITY – WHAT IS IT? The use of the imagination or original ideas or
thinking processes to create or think something new.
Maslow – Differentiates between big-picture creativity and everyday creativity.
We All have the potential for Creativity...
WHY IS CREATIVITY IMPORTANT? • Develops important life skills like; Divergent thinking,
Problem solving and innovation. relatively new term or concept. Creativity now viewed as form
of giftedness or as having genius /artistic abilities. Some people believe that a person can be creative without a
product while others believe that creativity can be anything new, original or unique. Developing talent or creativity is dependent on cognitive and environmental factors – this is where teachers come in.
Everyone is creative. Those who are more creative have learned to be so.
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Creativity scores have decreased since the 1990s Emphasis has been on poor curriculum and accountability
practices within education. Music and Arts viewed as a lesser cognitive pursuit as lacking
importance in the education processes. Troubling when employers see creativity as; important
leadership or employment characteristic. creativity is regarded in society as one of the top three
personality traits in relation to career success.
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HOW CAN TEACHERS ENCOURAGE STUDENT’S CREATIVITY? Small changes to classroom
and teaching practices can encourage student creativity in the classroom.
Ways teachers can encourage creativity are;
Designing spaces to encourage creativity,
Creative content, Creative ways of teaching,
learning and engaging students,
Stimulate innovation or divergent thinking processes for students.
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TEACHING PRACTICES & METHODS TO ENCOURAGE CREATIVITY
What if games or Fat chance (near impossible scenario with unrealistic timeframes)
Impossible Scenarios - Photo writing prompts are good for this.
Activities that position students to think divergently
Problem solving activities Show and Tell – Exposes students to a wide
variety of stimuli – Blogs, films, stories, facts, objects, and other experienced based stuff.
Physical Environment –huge impact on creativity - students need space to create, to make noise, to ask questions, to make a mess, to transform. So give students a space that they can be creative learners within.
Group Work – Collaborative communication and work will allow students to take the pressure off themselves as individuals to perform & Students are always more creative too when they are able to bounce ideas off each other.
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TEACHER ACTIVITY – WORD/PHOTO PROMPTS – TO PRODUCE ENVIRONMENT FOR DIVERGENT THINKING PROCESSES
THINK
DIVEGENTLY
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REFERENCES Jane Piirto, Phd, 1998, Understanding Those Who Create, 2nd
Ed, Great Potential Press, AZ, United States of America. Anna Lithgow, 09/04/2013, “How can we foster creativity in
the classroom” You Tube, http://creativespaceineducation.wordpress.com.
Kyung Hee Kim Phd Educational Psychologist, Child Creativity Lab, 17th August 2013, You Tube,
Silver.Todd, Think Like a Genius – The Ultimate user manual for your brain, 1996 Bantam Books Publishing, New York, United States.
Micheal.J.Gelb, Discover Your Genius-How to think like History’s most ten revolutionary minds, 2003, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, USA
Duchesne,S., McMaugh, A., Bochner, S. & Krause, K. (2013). Educational Psychology for Learning and Teaching. 4th Edition. Cenagage: Melbourne.
Metaphorming Strategy or PracticeC Connect Two or more ideas or
concepts as having a relationship
R Relate What the relationship is between the things
E Explore Asking open ended questions, thinking in new ways about it
A Analyse Take a second look with consideration of knowledge now known about it, look for insights, or evaluate it.
T Transform Think, Invent or create something new based upon what you now know ( the connection and discovery processes prior) about it
E Experience Apply your ideas or solutions
Levels of create1 Connection Connect by comparing2 Discovery Explore the
comparison to reflect something new
3 Invention Invent or create something new based upon the connection, comparison and discovery processes prior
4 Application Use the invention in new ways or contexts
Model
of
Creativity