You might be wondering how to teach creatively or how to teach creativity. Below you will find two models you might find interesting. Though, before talking about models it is important to talk about the person, the teacher. First we need to bring awareness to the fact that teaching already uses creativity as the teacher designs lessons, designs learning experiences, problem solves all the time in the classroom develops homework and so on. You may have not seen it this way, but yes! you are utilizing creativity already! Now you might be wondering how to utilize more creativity in the class room how to consciously develop as a creative teacher . Below is a model developed by Dr. Kellers-Mather showing a path to develop your creative confidence and become a creative teacher and learner. It starts by you valuing creativity, valuing in you, valuing in others; then getting to know who you are a creative person and how are you creative and then start expressing it in your every day life which is the base for becoming a creative teacher and learner. After the base is covered, you can actually move to build the expertise in creativity and bring it together with you expertise in the current subject to bring creative action into the class room.
TIM Model
TIM stand for the Torrance Incubation Model developed by Paul Torrance known as the father of creativity. The Torrence Incubation model is designed to teach creativity while teaching the content. The model is based on the principle that for creative learning to occur (and continue) some cognitive activities need to occur before, during and after the teaching situations. In his model (see on the side), these three moments are stages all called: heighten anticipation, deepening expectations and extending learning and each stage he has developed specific strategies to teach creativity as a secondary learning objective to any subject.
To learn in mode detail review the TIM poster link on the side and view this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl2MIruQjlE Also here is an example of a lesson in Design Thinking I developed and tought using TIM. /uploads/5/6/5/9/56597541/designthinking_tim_alm.docx |
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Creative Learning ModelThe model developed by D.J Triffinger is a model to teach and learn creativity as the main content. The model focuses on the development of cognitive and affective skills of the learner and moves in three levels, going from the basic teaching of the divergent funcitions to actually bringing creativity into real challenges. This model has been helpful for me to move from training only the basic divergent functions in a cognitive way to be aware fo the affective aspects that are beind developed and from a basic level to a higer level.
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