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How do you promote and encourage creativity in your classroom?

Please share any general ideas and suggestions for creating a learning environment in which creativity can flourish in the classroom.


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Use images, texts and ideas that are incomplete or ambiguous, thereby giving learners space and also a jumping-off point for creative thinking and action. One way to wrok with this kind of resource is to allow learners to formulate questions to each other that promote thinking beyond the visible... more
by Rod Bolitho
 
Working with ambiguity helps to develop cretivity
by María Soledad Bernardi
 
Ambiguity can be dealt with in 3 steps: 1) Show ambiguous material and let students explain 2)... more
by María Soledad Bernardi
 
Ambiguity=open-endedness & multiple responses
by Marisa Constantinides
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Sandra, Mojca Augustin, Natalia Sechnaya and 7 more

create a relaxing environment where any new ideas are welcome
by Phuong Le
 
Once risk-taking is established a normal aspect of learning, fear falls away
by David Heathfield
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As long as this doesn't mean 'anything goes'. This attitude is the antithesis of creativity.
by Nick Bilbrough
 
Helps those with low self estemm
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thomi, Vicky Saumell, Marisa and 7 more

Teachers need to demonstrate different forms of creativity for the learners
by Phuong Le
 
Teacher modeling gives students confidence and acts as a springboard for student creativity
by David Heathfield
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The way in which a teacher might "think out loud" and ask questions to generate multiple outcomes... more
by Kathleen Kampa
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YurasBondar, Kathleen Kampa, María Soledad Bernardi and 4 more

Appeal to learners' own identity. Let them be themselves in/through the target language
 
Connecting lessons to their lives and makes learning relevant and keeps them interested.
by Kara
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Absolutely agree. This also makes our teaching more exciting! A more motivated teacher teaches be... more
by Amadeu Marin
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Ljiljana, Vicky Saumell, Amadeu Marin and 4 more

encourage students to: let ideas flow freely, value every contribution, enjoy and recognise different ways of doing a task, allow for and acknowledge different and unexpected responses, show genuine interest in one another’s contributions
by David Heathfield
 
Recognition leads to more participation and self-confidence. This paves the way to more creative ... more
by María Soledad Bernardi
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Karoly G Molina, Kathleen Kampa, María Soledad Bernardi and 4 more

Encourage learners to work into groups to support each other
by Phuong Le
 
Collaborative learning is extremely helpful in multiple ways, Children naturally want to teach e... more
by Joel
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Marisa Constantinides, Rose Bard, Letizia Cinganotto and 3 more

Don't have huge expectations that your students will create wonderful work. Appreciate small acts of creation.
 
Low expectations will keep you with low creativity attitudes
 
Be prepared to start small - creativity needs to be nurtured and appreciated in all its forms. Bu... more
by David Heathfield
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María Soledad Bernardi, Rose Bard, Dinablanco71 and 2 more

provide creative input: objects, visuals, striking associations, random words, unusual situations, anything that takes the students out of the ordinary, even a bit out of their comfort zone; devise gradual activities so as to provide a friendly fun atmosphere and build on their creativity
by Victoria
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Kathleen Kampa, Kara, Dinablanco71 and 1 more

Emphasize learning,rather than assessment in teaching and learning
by Phuong Le
 
A growth mindset could be encouraged instead of strict grading.
by Maria
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Amadeu Marin
Maria
María Soledad Bernardi
Promote a supportive environment that encourages learners to think outside the box. This is in the acknowledgement that not every response should have limitations in terms of being correct or incorrect. Instead, be open to alternatives and encourage learners to not be afraid to think differently ... more
by Dina Blanco-Ioannou
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@Marisa_C
Glikeria
Rose Bard
Support learners in developing their ideas into fruitful products
by Phuong Le
 
We all have the potential to create but sometimes we don't know how. Having someone to guide us t... more
by Rose Bard
 
Creativity is a process that leads to a product. Having an end goal helps.
by María Soledad Bernardi
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María Soledad Bernardi
Rose Bard
Making use of your learners' own experiences, thoughts, feelings, cultural knowledge, etc. opens up a window into creativity which enriches the classroom. As each of us have a myriad of experiences and beliefs to call on, giving learners the space to employ these in classroom activities can be a ... more
by Marjorie Rosenberg
Marjorie Rosenberg contributed a chapter on 'Using the learner as a resource' to the 'Creativity ... more
 
Personalisation and creativity go hand in hand
by David Heathfield
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Alejandra Blanco
David Heathfield
Images, both moving and still, are so easily available these days but it's important to remember to still provide plenty of classroom activities which allow learners to visualise things themselves. Lots of learning can happen when learners create a mental image to represent material they are expo... more
by Nick Bilbrough
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David Heathfield
Victoria
Make learning fun and relevant to the learners' experience
by Phuong Le
 
Giving students choice and agency makes them feel included and increases motivation.
by David Heathfield
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David Heathfield
Get students to come out of thier comfort zone, by using news or anything that may divert students from the language class.
by Ricardo F Carvalho
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Ricardo Fagundes Carvalho
Examples of creativite ideas to use when teaching a text
by Kara
Act it out using pantomime or dialogue, draw pictures to show what happens, write a letter to one... more
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David Heathfield
Creativity in a class room is purely dependent on the teachers attitude, the learners are already creative. If we show teachers how they can build creativity in to their teaching, then the students will thrive in the atmosphere.
by Joel Josephson
 
You make a good point saying that in a classroom teachers have the reign to foster the kind of en... more
by Rose Bard
 
Sharing learners creative work with other classes might encourage other teachers and learners to ... more
by Rose Bard
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having debates and discussions between students and each other,share a lot of ideas together.
 
Reem
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- encourage students to do activities in a completely new way
 
by letting students choose what they are interested in and not focussing too much on the form of... more
by tiziana
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Organize several mini projects for each learning subject where students can be really motivated and engaged. I tried that and it does pay off!
by Ljiljana, Croatia
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Finding practical ways to practise the language can also be creative. For example, whenever I have to teach food, cooking verbs, countable and uncountable, I take my students to the school kitchen and they cook the recipes they are listening to and the best dish wins a prize. By putting into prac... more
by Marina Landa
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Notice when something unforeseen sparks students' interest and kindle the flame
by David Heathfield
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Encourage risk-taking and experimentation, making it clear what the goals are. Then, having honest discussions and feedback on the outcomes, always bearing in mind whether the goals have been or could be achieved.
by Marcelo
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Create innovative and interactive activities where learners are able to use different skills and abilities not only for one activity but for the overall language acquisition process.
by Karoly G Molina
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Trying to do new activities like promoting games or activities where students can interact and share ideas.
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I offer my students to take part in different competitions, for instance, writing the best essay or poem, or a fairy tale.
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By giving open tasks. For example, the students must write about themselves but they can present it in a powerpoint presentation, in a scrapbook, in a biography, etc.
by Marina Landa
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We can give them a problem or a real life situation and we let them find a solution on their own.
by Nadina Nicolici
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be a part of the creative process
by vaishali
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don't create any boundaries in your teaching
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by leting students have free practice of the language.No control and no correction involved.just working with the language for the sake of enjoying it
by Pooria Samarbaf Zadeh
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Create a positive and non judgmental atmosphere. Get students to brainstorms ideas around a particular theme etc and try and get them to think outside of the box as much as possible, push themselves out of comfort zones and push boundaries. creativity is endless and there is no right way or wro... more
by Charlotte Cooper
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Provide positive feedback for every single piece produced by students
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First I visit and update my own way of teaching and thenbring them into class and apply and te result is really impressive.
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Creating out own listening and reading material (for receptive skills lessons) to make classes more engaging.
by Noha M. El-Sherif
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let students use language creatively, freely, though at times we may suggest certain features. as a teacher, cater for different needs
by eladia
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Many theories of creativity show that a source of creativity is the association of apparently incompatible ideas. One way of generating ideas is to provide learners with those two incompatible ideas. For example instead of 'write a thank you letter to your aunt' try write a thank you letter to y... more
by Jill and Charlie Hadfield
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Multiple Intelligence theory
Application of the Multiple Intelligence theory can bring excellent results in terms of creativit... more
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