Basing your discussion on at least four different factors known to influence creativity, describe four strategies you might use to promote such creativity.
Educational Psychology
One of your objectives for the coming school year is to foster your students' creative thinking and/or behavior in a subject area you will be teaching.
Basing your discussion on at least four different factors known to influence creativity, describe four strategies you might use to promote such creativity.
Illustrate each strategy with a concrete example of what you might do.
Firstly, I would show students that creativity is valued. Teachers are more likely to foster creativity when they show students that they value creative thoughts and behaviors. For example, one way I would encourage this is by rewarding unusual ideas and responses. I would express excitement when students completed a project in a unique and unusual manner. And, as I graded assignments and test papers, I would look for responses that, though I might have not been expecting, are legitimately correct. I would also make a point of engaging in creative activates myself to show students that teachers value creativity.
One of your objectives for the coming school year is to foster your students' creative thinking and/or behavior in a subject area you will be teaching.
Basing your discussion on at least four different factors known to influence creativity, describe four strategies you might use to promote such creativity.
Illustrate each strategy with a concrete example of what you might do.
Firstly, I would show students that creativity is valued. Teachers are more likely to foster creativity when they show students that they value creative thoughts and behaviors. For example, one way I would encourage this is by rewarding unusual ideas and responses. I would express excitement when students completed a project in a unique and unusual manner. And, as I graded assignments and test papers, I would look for responses that, though I might have not been expecting, are legitimately correct. I would also make a point of engaging in creative activates myself to show students that teachers value creativity.