Enhancing Creativity in the classrooms by Dr. Dheeraj Mehrotra Towards Quality Literacy For All.

1. ENHANCING CREATIVITY
IN THE CLASSROOMS
Dr. Dheeraj Mehrotra
(Author & National Awardee)

2. SESSION OBJECTIVE

3. CREATIVITY IS THE BACKBONE
OF ANY INDIVIDUAL THAT
DESIRES SUCCESS !

4. WITHOUT CREATIVITY, SUCCESS
IN ANY FIELD IS JUST NOT
POSSIBLE !

5. TEACHERS NEED TO
MOTIVATE THEMSELVES
TO BE
CREATIVE
AND CONTINUE TO
STIMULATE CREATIVITY
IN THEIR STUDENTS !

6. Let Students take over the classroom

7. ‘CREATIVITY IS SENSING THE
POTENTIALITIES OF A CHILD -
AND THEN HELPING THAT
CHILD ATTAIN THEM’
E.PAUL TORRANCE

8. CREATIVITY
HAS NOT JUST REMAINED A
FANCY TOOL BUT HAS
EMERGED AS AN
INDISPENSABLE TOOL FOR
SUCCESS IN ANY FIELD.
TEACHING IS ON OF THEM !!!

9. CREATIVE TEACHING IDEAS !

10. FORM A SUBJECT
VOCABULARY

11. DELIVER PASSION WHILE
TEACHING !

12. MATCH THE LIKES OF THE
CHILDREN !

13. OBTAIN THE SAY OF THE
CHILDREN IN CLASS !

14. RE-DISCOVER LEARNING TO
TEACH !

15. USE ICT TO DELIVER
INTELLIGENCE !

16. USE CREATIVITY TO CURE
IGNORANCE !

17. THE ULTIMATE SHARE !

18. CONNECT
EMOTIONALLY !

19. PERMIT FREQUENT DISCUSSION
AND INTERACTION AMID
STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM

20. MAKE TIME FOR INFORMAL
CLASS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
STUDENTS

21. KNOW YOUR CHILD BY THE
FIRST NAME !

22. ENCOURAGE OBSERVATION

23. DEVELOP HONING SKILLS

24. EXPLORE BRAINSTORMING

25. EXPLORE DIVERGENT
THINKING WITHIN CLASSROOMS
!

26. REVERSING THE
QUESTION/ANSWER
PARADIGM
WITH 95% STRATEGIC
PARTICIPATION

27. PROMOTE QUALITY LEARNING

28. ENCOURAGE LEARNING VIA
FAILURE !

29. SHARE THE PRIDE OF
“THERE IS ALWAYS A SECOND
CHANCE KNOWN AS TOMORROW
!”

30. THINK OF CREATIVITY AS A
SKILL WHICH CAN BE LEARNT
BY PRACTICE !

31. RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT THE
BEST CREATIVITY INSTRUCTION
TIES IN THE EMOTIONS OF THE
LEARNER

32. USE A CREATIVITY MODEL
( AV O I D I N G D I S T R A C T I O N S I N C L A S S R O O M S )

33. THE OSBORNE-PARNES MODEL
IS OLDEST, WIDELY ACCEPTED
MODEL.

34. IT IS OFTEN USED IN EDUCATION
AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT.
EACH STEP INVOLVES A DIVERGENT
THINKING PATTERN TO CHALLENGE
IDEAS, AND THEN CONVERGENT
THINKING TO NARROW DOWN
EXPLORATION:
Osborne-Parnes model

35. MES S -F INDING . IDE NTIFY A GOAL OR
OBJ E CTIVE.
FACT -F INDING . GATHE RING DATA.
P ROBLEM -F INDING . CL ARIFY ING THE
PROBLEM
IDEA -F INDING . GE NE RATING IDE AS
S OLUTION -F INDING . STRE NGTHENING &
E VALUATING IDE AS
ACCEP TANCE -F INDING . PL AN OF ACTION
FOR IMPLEMENTING IDEAS

36. CREATIVITY BREEDS IN A
CONGENIAL ENVIRONMENT !

37. INCUBATION MODEL OF
CREATIVITY
DESIGNED BY
E. PAUL TORRANCE

38. It involves 3
stages:

39. HEIGHTENING ANTICIPATION
MAKE CONNECTIONS
BETWEEN THE CLASSROOM
AND STUDENT’S REAL LIVES.
“CREATE THE DESIRE TO
KNOW”.

40. DEEPEN EXPECTATIONS
ENGAGE THE CURRICULUM IN
NEW WAYS. BRAINSTORM AND
CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO
SOLVE A NOVEL PROBLEM.

41. KEEP IT GOING
CONTINUE THE THINKING
BEYOND THE LESSON OR
CLASSROOM. FIND WAYS TO
EXTEND LEARNING
OPPORTUNITIES AT HOME
OR EVEN THE COMMUNITY.

42. Let us Teach
creative skills
explicitly

43. According to Collard,
“Creative skills aren’t just
about good ideas, they are
about having the skills to
make good ideas happen.”

44. He suggests creative skills
should include 5 major
areas:

45. • Imagination
• Being disciplined or self-motivated.
• Resiliency (able to return to original
form after being stretched)
• Collaboration
• Giving responsibility to students. Have
them develop their own projects.

46. ACTIVITY

47. ACTIVITY
How can we make our classroom
teaching CREATIVE?

48. Sample Examples:
I use positive words in my class !
I discuss politics !
I discuss the football match !

49. VIDEO ON
CREATIVE
TEACHING #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQD9bvg5014

50. VIDEO ON
CREATIVE
TEACHING #2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV7DiTFdtvw

51. Use the phrase
I ADOPT YOU !

52. AMAZE
Your audience
using some
creativity !

53. Comments:
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