Teaching strategies for creativity and critical thinking

1. Strategies for
Developing Creativity
and Critical Thinking
Presented By: Page Bowden
July 25, 2016

2. CREATIVITY

3. Five Strategies to Promote
Creativity
O Establish expressive freedom and a safe
environment
O Use teaching strategies that rely on
emotional connection, creative arts, and
media
O Allow room for mistakes and feedback
O Tap into multiple intelligences by varying
instructional strategies
O Understand that creativity is essential to
students’ future in the job market (Clifford,
2012)

4. CRITICAL
THINKING

5. Five Strategies to Promote
Critical Thinking
O Urge students to be reflective
O Utilize inquiry based questioning
O Begin class time with lower level activities
for recall
O Move to higher order thinking by utilizing
groups for discussion
O End class with whole group discussion
allowing students time to justify thoughts
(Ennis, 2013)

6. References
O Clifford, M. (2012, November 26). 30 Things
You Can Do To Promote Creativity.
Retrieved July 25, 2016, from
http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/f
eatures/30-things-you-can-do-to-promote-
creativity-in-your-classroom/
O Ennis, R. H. (2013, November). Twenty-One
Strategies and Tactics for Teaching Critical
Thinking. Retrieved July 25, 2016, from
http://www.criticalthinking.net/howteach.ht
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