CREATIVITY: ROAD TO A HAPPY SCHOOL

ANNA LEE A. LAMPA

Creativity is enhanced by the power of both imagination and inspiration. According to Linda Naiman, it involves two processes: thinking, then producing.Oneofthe thrustsoftheDepartmentofEducationistopromoteclassroom innovation which is the production or implementation of an idea that would make learning more fun and interesting.

Teaching-learning process happen every day in school, but on a different scale. It depends largely on the condition that prevails inside the classroom. It has been proven that the more diverse the learners are, then, the more varied should also be the strategies the teachers should employ in the classr oom.

Being an imaginative teacher can make a happy school by promoting positivity in the classroom. There was a research conducted at Harvard Graduate School of Education which articulated that students’levels of happiness, defined by “students’satisfaction with school culture and relationships with teachers and peers” positively correlates with motivation and academic achievement. This strengthens our goal in DepEd to build creative happy school atmospheres that promote optimum learning opportunities for our students.

As teachers, we must always do our best to prepare our own classrooms and their environment. Creative classrooms don’t just look different, they feel different. Teachers and students make a classhome where everyone is being accepted and developed. These classhomes provide an environment where students are more likely to express their ideas freely, think outside the box, collaborate with the rest and challenge problems with creative and innovative solutions. Wherefore, let us all be reminded that if you have ideas, but don’t act on them, then you are only imaginative but not creative.

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The author is Teacher III at San Pedro Saug Elementary School, Lubao West District