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Chapter 9: Unleash Creative Thinking
Discussion Questions
- How do you encourage creativity and innovation? How do you foster it as a teacher?
- Where are the opportunities for creativity and innovative problem solving in your classroom?
- How can you be less rigid in your assignments and facilitate the messiness of creativity?
- What would happen if you took away the obvious tools and resources?
Chapter 9 Actions
- Revise a rigid lesson that you do every year with more flexibility and opportunities to be creative.
- Try the “Complete the Painting” activity with your students. You might be surprised what skills this could unlock.
Complete the Painting video from The Rama School
Additional Resources
- Facilitate the Messy: Cultivate Creativity in the Classroom – blog post from Shake Up Learning
- 5 Chrome Apps for Student Creation – blog post from Shake Up Learning
- Book: Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education by Sir Ken Robinson
- Ken Robinson’s TED Talk: “Do Schools Kill Creativity?”
- Seth Godin’s TEDxYouth Talk: “Stop Stealing Dreams”
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