ENHANCING

CREATIVITY IN THE
CLASSROOMS
Dr. Dheeraj Mehrotra
(Author & National Awardee)

SESSION OBJECTIVE

C R E AT I V I T Y I S T H E B A C K B O N E
O F A N Y I N D I V I D UA L T H AT
D E S I R E S S U C C E SS !

W I T H O U T C R E AT I V I T Y,
S U C C E SS I N A N Y F I E L D I S
J U S T N O T P O SS I B L E !

T E A C H E R S N E E D T O M O T I V A T E T H E M S E LV E S T O B E

C R E AT I V E
A N D C O N T I N U E T O S T I M U L AT E C R E AT I V I T Y I N
THEIR STUDENTS !

Let Students take over the classroom

 C R E AT I V I T Y I S S E N S I N G T H E
POTENTIALITIES OF A CHILD - AND THEN
H E L P I N G T H AT C H I L D AT TA I N T H E M
E . PA U L T O R R A N C E

C R E AT I V I T Y
H A S N O T J U S T R E M A I N E D A FA N C Y
TOOL BUT HAS EMERGED AS AN
INDISPENSABLE TOOL FOR
S U C C E S S I N A N Y F I E L D. T E A C H I N G
IS ON OF THEM !!!

CREATIVE TEACHING
IDEAS !

FORM A SUBJECT
VOCABULARY

DELIVER PASSION WHILE

TEACHING !

MATCH THE LIKES OF

THE CHILDREN !

OBTAIN THE SAY OF THE

CHILDREN IN CLASS !

RE -DISCOVER LEARNING
TO TEACH !

USE ICT TO DELIVER

INTELLIGENCE !

USE CREATIVITY TO CURE

IGNORANCE !

THE ULTIMATE
SHARE !

CONNECT
EMOTIONALLY !

P E R M I T F R E Q U E N T D I S C U SS I O N
AND INTERACTION AMID
S T U D E N T S I N T H E C L A SS R O O M

MAKE TIME FOR INFORMAL

C L A SS O P P O RT U N I T Y F O R T H E
STUDENTS

KNOW YOUR CHILD BY

THE FIRST NAME !

ENCOURAGE
OBSERVATION

DEVELOP HONING SKILLS

EXPLORE
BRAINSTORMING

EXPLORE DIVERGENT
THINKING WITHIN
C L A SS R O O M S !

REVERSING THE QUESTION/ANSWER

PA R A D I G M
W I T H 9 5 % S T R AT E G I C
PA R T I C I PAT I O N

PROMOTE QUALITY LEARNING

ENCOURAGE LEARNING
VIA FAILURE !

SHARE THE PRIDE OF

T H E R E I S A LWAY S A S E C O N D
CHANCE KNOWN AS TOMORROW !

T H I N K O F C R E AT I V I T Y A S A
SKILL WHICH CAN BE LEARNT
BY P R A C T I C E !

R E S E A R C H S U G G E S T S T H AT T H E B E S T
C R E AT I V I T Y I N S T R U C T I O N T I E S I N T H E
EMOTIONS OF THE LEARNER

U S E A C R E AT I V I T Y M O D E L
( AV O I D I N G D I S T RA C T I O N S I N C L A S S R O O M S )

T H E O S B O R N E - PA R N E S M O D E L
I S O L D E S T, W I D E LY A C C E P T E D M O D E L .

Osborne-Parnes
model
I T I S O F T E N U S E D I N E D U C AT I O N
A N D B U S I N E S S I M P R O V E M E N T.
E A C H S T E P I N V O LV E S A
D I V E R G E N T T H I N K I N G PAT T E R N
T O C H A L L E N G E I D E A S, A N D
THEN CONVERGENT THINKING
TO NARROW DOWN
E X P L O R AT I O N:

It has the following

M E S S - F I NSIX
D I N G . I DSTEPS
ENTIFY A GOAL OR
OBJECTIVE.
FA C T- F I N D I N G . G AT H E R I N G D ATA .
P R O B L E M - F I N D I N G. C L A R I F Y I N G T H E
PROBLEM
I D E A - F I N D I N G . G E N E R AT I N G I D E A S
S O LU T I O N - F I N D I N G .
S T R E N G T H E N I N G & E VA LU AT I N G
IDEAS
A C C E P TA N C E - F I N D I N G . P L A N O F
ACTION FOR IMPLEMENTING IDEAS

CREATIVITY BREEDS IN A
CONGENIAL
ENVIRONMENT !

I N C U B AT I O N M O D E L O F C R E AT I V I T Y
DESIGNED BY
E . PA U L T O R R A N C E

It involves 3
stages:

H E I G H T E N I N G A N T I C I PAT I O N
MAKE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE CLASSROOM
AND STUDENTS REAL LIVES.
C R E AT E T H E D E S I R E T O K N O W .

D E E P E N E X P E C TAT I O N S
E N G A G E T H E C U R R I C U LU M I N N E W WAY S.
B R A I N S T O R M A N D C R E AT E O P P O RT U N I T I E S T O
S O LV E A N O V E L P R O B L E M .

KEEP IT GOING
CONTINUE THE THINKING BEYOND THE LESSON
O R C L A SS R O O M . F I N D WAY S T O E X T E N D
L E A R N I N G O P P O RT U N I T I E S AT H O M E O R E V E N
T H E C O M M U N I T Y.

Let us Teach
creative skills
explicitly

According to Collard,
Creative skills arent
just about good ideas,
they are about having
the skills to make good
ideas happen.

He suggests
creative skills
should include 5
major areas:

Imagination
Being disciplined or selfmotivated.
Resiliency (able to return to
original form after being
stretched)
Collaboration
Giving responsibility to
students. Have them develop
their own projects.

ACTIVITY

ACTIVITY
How can we make our classroom
teaching CREATIVE?

Sample Examples:
I use positive words in my class !
I discuss politics !
I discuss the football match !

VIDEO ON
CREATIVE
TEACHING #1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQD9bvg5014

VIDEO ON
CREATIVE
TEACHING #2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV7DiTFdtvw

Use the phrase

I ADOPT YOU !

AMAZE
Your
audience
using some
creativity !

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