Strategies for Developing Creativity and Critical Thinking

Presented By: Page BowdenJuly 25, 2016

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Five Strategies to Promote Creativity

O Establish expressive freedom and a safe environment

O Use teaching strategies that rely on emotional connection, creative arts, and media

O Allow room for mistakes and feedbackO Tap into multiple intelligences by varying

instructional strategiesO Understand that creativity is essential to

students’ future in the job market (Clifford, 2012)

C R I TI C A L T H IN K IN G

Five Strategies to Promote Critical Thinking

O Urge students to be reflectiveO Utilize inquiry based questioningO Begin class time with lower level

activities for recallO Move to higher order thinking by

utilizing groups for discussion O End class with whole group

discussion allowing students time to justify thoughts (Ennis, 2013)

ReferencesO Clifford, M. (2012, November 26). 30

Things You Can Do To Promote Creativity. Retrieved July 25, 2016, from http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/30-things-you-can-do-to-promote-creativity-in-your-classroom/

O Ennis, R. H. (2013, November). Twenty-One Strategies and Tactics for Teaching Critical Thinking. Retrieved July 25, 2016, from http://www.criticalthinking.net/howteach.html