Session 3

CREATIVITY IN THE CLASSROOM

How to use creativity in the EFL classroom
LEIDY PAOLA CARRERA PARRA
 OBJECTIVE

 To understand the
importance of fostering
“creativity” in the context
of an English language
classroom.
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 ACADEMIC FORUM

❶What is creativity?
❷Do you consider yourself
a creative teacher? Why?
 Creativity in the
young learners
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
English Language Teaching
Global Blog
https://oupeltglobalblog.com/2014
/03/03/creativity-in-the-young-
learner-classroom/
Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy

https://goo.gl/tKNzmj
 Expanding Minds:
Developing Creative
Thinking in Young Learners

Teaching thinking and

creativity
Robert Fisher
http://www.teachingthinking.net/
 Expanding Minds:
Developing Creative Thinking in Young Learners

What
What is Benefits of Classroom Teaching
hinders
creativity? creativity activities strategies
creativity?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV7DiTFdtvw
How to Use Creativity in the Classroom?

A
Questioning
Classroom

Ask unusual and challenging questions.

Is there another way for us to do this?
 What classroom
Ask unusual and challenging questions
opportunities promote
creativity? Expand the possibilities
Value diversity
Represent ideas in different ways:
Visually, Physically, Verbally
Try fresh approaches and solutions to
problems
Asking questions and making mistakes
are a natural part of learning
Use imagination for role-plays,
dialogues, reading, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x2qGKVzidI
“What promotes creativity is a questioning classroom where
teachers and pupils value diversity, ask unusual and
challenging questions; make new connections; represent ideas
in different ways – visually, physically and verbally; try fresh
approaches and solutions to problems; and critically evaluate
new ideas and actions.”
“Expanding Minds: Developing Creative Thinking in Young Learners”
Robert Fisher
https://goo.gl/CaxZgF
 This week…
- Graphic Production (70%).
- Check and explore the resources for this week.
- Participate in the weekly forum.

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and

the blind can see.”
Mark Twain
THANK YOU!!!
“Across the Universe”
Enjoy it! 
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