The document discusses the role of teachers and different types of teachers. It notes that great teachers often act as guides or meddlers rather than just sages who impart knowledge. It provides examples of quotes and concepts that exemplify different approaches teachers may take, such as assigning perplexing projects, asking open-ended questions, and looking at issues from different perspectives. The document encourages moving beyond being a "know-it-all" teacher who is only comfortable with certainty and embracing techniques that generate ideas and foster creativity in students.

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5. FIND
YOUR

6. What’s
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7. Gifted Child Quarterly
Vol. 26, Issue 4
1982

8. 23 HOURS
GENIUS
HOUR
WHAT ABOUT
THE OTHER
23 HOURS
A DAY?

9. 167 HOURS
WHAT ABOUT
THE OTHER
167 HOURS
A WEEK?
GENIUS
HOUR

10. What if…?

11. ALL GENIUS
ALL THE TIME

12. ALL GENIUS
ALL THE TIME

13. MEDDLERIN THE MIDDLE
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14. When each of us
thinks about what
we can do in life,
chances are,
we can do it
because of a
teacher. Stephen Hawking

15. Think of a great
teacher from a film
or television series.
GREAT TEACHERS

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17. What Makes These
GREAT TEACHERS?
What Makes These
GREAT TEACHERS?

18. Sage

20. First of all, I
would like to
make one
thing clear:
I never explain
anything.

21. G
U
I
D
E

24. “If you end your training now —
if you choose
the quick and easy path
as Vader did —
you will become an agent of evil.”

25. SMART ≠ +

26. McWilliam, Erica L. (2009) Teaching for
creativity: From sage to guide to meddler.
Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 29(3).
pp. 281-293.

27. Know it All

28. COMFORTABLE WITH
CERTAINTY
UN
UN

29. Know it AllLEARN

30. RESISTANCE TO PREMATURE
CLOSURE

31. Assign
projects
that
flummox

32. perplex (someone) greatly;
bewilder
flummox
verb

34. Cheese Mountain

36. FACT
FINDING
FACT
FINDING

37. Disney Wienies

38. IDEA
GENERATING
IDEA
GENERATING

39. Metaphors have a
way of holding the
most truth in the
least space.
- Orson Scott Card

40. 1.39 Billion
pounds
900,303
cubic yards

41. SOLUTION
FINDING
SOLUTION
FINDING

42. THINGS A
MEDDLER
MIGHT SAY

43. Wax On. Wax off.Wax On. Wax off.

44. In every job that must be done,
There is an element of fun.
You find the fun and SNAP!
The job’s a game.

45. I stand upon my desk to
remind myself that we
must constantly look at
things in a different way.

46. Tim
Gunn

48. What do you all think? Who disagrees?
When would this right answer be wrong?
Any ideas that you think no one else
has thought of?
How might someone else think about this?
What if _______ happened?

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