Encouraging creativity in Secondary!

Kontext / Contexte

Encouraging creativity in all subject areas in the early Secondary or upper Primary. This workshop aims to encourage adolescent creativity through a variety of ways in all subject areas. It is not only about encouraging Arts in all subjects.

The workshop is directed to teachers who speak English quite fluently but may not be native speakers. The language used in the workshop is basic and not advanced.

Zielsetzung / Objectifs

Knowledge
The participants will learn:
- a model for encouraging student creativity across all subjects in secondary schools
- approaches to teaching that encourage student creativity
- approaches to assessment that encourage student creativity
- approaches to communicating that encourage student creativity
- a deeper understanding of the creative process.

Know-how
The participants will be able to:
- implement tasks, which encourage student creativity
- design classrooms, which encourage student creativity
- develop assessment tasks, which encourage student creativity
- communicate in a way that encourages creativity.

Approaches
The participants will reflect upon empowering young people.

Inhalt / Contenu

This interactive workshop presents a model for teachers of all subjects (including languages, mathematics, natural and social sciences, physical education and the arts) to encourage student creativity in the curriculum. This unique model is based on my research with students and teachers, against the backdrop of the creativity literature. The workshop explores what creativity is (and what it is not!), how students' creativity develops as they grow older, and the extent that creativity can be taught to young people. In addition, we examine how careful consideration of the classroom environment, both physical and social, can significantly encourage students' creativity.

Arbeitsformen / Approche méthodologique

- Participants are expected to actively engage with each other for deeper understanding
- participants are expected to engage with concepts
- participants are expected to create ideas
- presentation of theory and practice.

Referent, Referentin / Formateur, formatrice

Éanna O'Boyle, Doctor of Education (EdD); Masters in Education Management: International Schools (MA); former Head of School; Education consultant.