Having watched Sir Ken Robinson's talk I was inspired by his
quote:
Creativity is as important
as literacy.
This applies to all of the Australian Curriculum, where we,
as teachers, should be striving to encourage the children to be creative in
their studies. This creativity can be in
many guises, movement, visual, ICT, musical or written. The important factor is that the children are
allowed to use and strengthen their creativity, not to have it stifled by set
structures of rote learning and transmissive teaching. This is advocated by the Australian Curriculum
under the general capabilities of critical and creative thinking. (Australian
Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, 2015) Not only does this allow them to enjoy their
studies, it allows them to work to their strengths and so builds an inclusive
classroom where risks are taken, encouraged and celebrated. (Killen, 2013)
References
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and reporting Authority
[ACARA]. (2015). Australian Curriculum: Critical and creative thinking. Version
7.5. Canberra. Retrieved from: http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/generalcapabilities/critical-and-creative-thinking/introduction/introduction
Killen, R. (2013). Effective
teaching strategies: Lessons from research and practice. (6th
ed.). South Melbourne: Cengage Learning.
Robinson, K. (2006). Do schools kill creativity? TED talk,
February 2006. Retrieved from: http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity?language=en
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Isn't it a great talk from Ken? :) Very inspiring, and really summarises week 1 for this unit, I feel.
ReplyDeleteA concise summary from yourself on this matter. We've got to allow creative thinking.
I am already thinking some students on my last prac needed more time to be creative thinkers, and a less stifling classroom environment.