Practical Tips To Develop Learners’ Creativity

Zandra E. Berenguer

Creativity is among the crucial educational outcomes of the new millennium; as global economic development is primarily powered by creativity. Given the need for creative ability in the future workforce, teachers are meant to teach and develop creativity among learners. The following are practical tips on how to develop student creativity.

Provide the learners with countless opportunities for creative expression and enjoyment of the lesson. Encourage their experimenting with a range of styles, materials, and processes that are suitable for development.

Give ideas or recommendations to them. You're going to be relaxed juggling interest and contributions. Although many artistic experiences should be childdriven, it is right for you to periodically provide help or scaffolding. Any children may require help with new or unknown materials.

Ask the children open-ended questions to embolden them to practice their creativity and analytical skills. Open-ended questions offer you endless opportunities. Make sure to ask anything out of curiosity. You're not necessarily meant to know the answers to questions before you ask. Children can feel the difference between an adult who's interested versus an adult who's testing them.

Model problem-solving. Since imagination requires finding ideas or new approaches to doing something you can integrate problem-solving during your teaching experience. Using open-ended questions to help children find answers to challenges or issues.

Encourage experimentation by offering thought-provoking resources and organizing events that encourage innovative thinking, strategizing, and predictions. The kinds of activities that can be correlated with discoveries are infinite.

A child specially displays imagination. When it happens to children with developmental delays, you may need to make adaptations or offer help that will encourage these children to show their imagination and to be effective.

Using children's desires to inform your choices about artistic activities. Consider changing the distance learning programs to encourage children to take part in those events. Be creative and interactive, above all.

When speaking with learners about their work, make some constructive remarks about anything you see them doing. Positive remarks that are not capable of promoting the artistic practice.

Providing and fostering creative experience is an important part of your work. As teachers, we play a significant role in promoting children's power to adapt creatively to challenges.

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The author is Teacher III at Tibag High School