Creativity in classrooms

1. Presentation By
Amanda Findley
& Lisa Logan

2.  “Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks,
making mistakes and having fun” Mary Lou Cook
 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. relatively new term or concept.
 We All have the potential for Creativity...
• Develops important life skills like; Divergent thinking, Problem
solving and innovation.
 Engages & Retains learners, gives learners a sense of
achievement.
 Encourages curiosity & intrinsic motivation
 Inspires children to learn & apply knowledge
 Supports children to continue to make mistakes through
discovery
 Everyone is creative. Those who are more creative have
learned to be so.
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3.  Creativity scores have decreased since the 1990s
 Poor fast paced curriculums & accountability
practices
 Music and Arts not viewed as academic
 Employers see creativity as; important leadership or
employment characteristic.
 Creativity one of the top three factors in relation to
career success.
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4.  Classroom environments &
teaching practices
 Designing spaces to
encourage creativity,
 Creative content or
resources
 Creative ways of teaching,
learning and engaging
students
 Stimulate innovation,
problem solving & divergent
thinking processes for
students.
 Use ICT creatively

5.  What if or Fat chance
games
 Impossible Scenarios
 Position students to think
divergently
 Problem solving
activities
 Teacher Show and Tell
 Physical Environment
 Group Work

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7.  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 Practice
C 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 create
1 Connection Connect by comparing
2 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
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