29: Summer Bonus: Unlocking creativity in the classroom

“The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas; it's to create a culture where everyone can have ideas and feel that they're valued.” ~ Sir Ken Robinson

Creativity is not just associated with the arts.  It is the "generation of novel, useful ideas“

That means creativity is problem solving, that being the case, it means that it is a skill which can be taught. 

It means that as teachers we can enrich our classrooms by constructing creative environments where our learners thrive on problems solving to develop new, innovative ideas as part of their learning journey.  As a teacher, the chances are that you are already being creative in your thought process in order to help your learners understand your subjects.  Teachers are the most creative beings when it comes to developing lessons resources that deconstruct topics, scaffold and reassemble to help students to learn.  

But challenging learners to think creatively about a problem adds a new and really exciting and fun dimension to the process of learning.  How can we improve upon what we already know and unlock the creativity that exists within our classrooms?

This episode explores the ideas as to how we can help learners to become better at creative problem solving.  

Get ready for this creative workshop in our series of summer CPD bonuses with your host, Kelly Long