I think the video we have just watched is really enlighting for us teachers as it explicitly says how the methodology we are currently using in education is completely vanishing creativity in our children.
I consider Shakespeare´s example (mentioned in the video) really interesting: How annoying would be to have Shakespeare in your English class? Of course, we want our students to stick to our way of thinking, adn not only that, we teach them that is the correct -and only- way of thinking, so we are harming them as we are not encouraging them to produce something original. The lecturer said "if you are not prepared to be wrong, you´ll never come up with something original".
Now the question is, how can we motivate, encourage and foster creativity in our classrooms? To what extent is what we consider creative, creative to our students?
I totally agree with what you said about the way we teach or students to think in the way we want them to think. I think that many times teachers tend to make our students to stick to our way of thinking and to teh way we think they should learn. But this is not what we should do. On the contrary, we should encourage each one of our students to think in his own and unique way and to learn in his most comfortable learning style.
ResponderEliminarI think that we should try to think of what's creativity and design different kinds activities for developing it in different areas. Perhaps Shakespeare was a very creative but a bit "annoying" boy. It's not easy because everything should be done in a climate of respect for the other's ideas.
ResponderEliminarInteresting question Bernardita. If I could,I'd drop the coursebook and start from getting to know my students better, that way I could promote those interests or strengths. However, I do not think that that will happen or be allowed, so, I think that if I bring creative lessons, activities, tasks, evaluations, etc, it would be a way to encourage my students to be creative too, my collegues, my superiors and the parents, that creativity is useful and meaningful.
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