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How To Develop Student Creativity

How To Develop Student Creativity . By Robert J. Sternberg and Wendy M. Williams. Note to Professor Hartman.

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How To Develop Student Creativity

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  1. How To Develop Student Creativity By Robert J. Sternberg and Wendy M. Williams

  2. Note to Professor Hartman I was attracted to the article called “Practical Intelligence for Success in School” by Sternberg and others, but in my packet it was missing page 174. I went onto the web in search of the page, and found this interesting introductory article which I am using instead.

  3. And… I hope this is alright. I would still like page 174 and would willingly do a PPT presentation for “Practical Intelligence…” as I’ve read the other pages. Do you have it and could I get it from you?

  4. How To Develop Student Creativity By Robert J. Sternberg and Wendy M. Williams (PPT really begins here…)

  5. Three types of students… • “Alice is brilliant but doesn’t have a drop of creative talent…” • “Barbara is wonderfully creative but does poorly on tests…” • “Carlos has interesting approaches to problems, but doesn’t fit into the school environment…”

  6. Creative Ideas Are Novel… • Most major works of art and literature are rejected many times before being accepted. • A truly creative idea defies the crowd and its interests… • Society encourages intellectual conformity… • Creativity needs to be fostered as an attitude toward life as well as an ability

  7. Creativity: The three abilities to balance - 1- synthetic ability- making connections that are unusual 2 - analytic ability- critical judgment to pursue the better ideas 3 - practical ability- translating ideas into accomplishments

  8. HOW TO DO IT… • BE A ROLE MODEL - let them see you do it • BUILD SELF EFFICACY - let them see that you believe they can do it • QUESTION ASSUMPTIONS - learn to identify them (not easy) and uproot them if they are holding your students back…

  9. When and Why… • This kind of work needs to be implemented in steps and allowing time for it to take hold… • If we do not seek to engender students creativity we are likely demanding their conformity…

  10. Some steps in the process… • Define and redefine problems • Encourage idea generation • Encourage the cross-fertilizing of ideas • Allow time for creative thinking • Reward creative ideas and products

  11. How to avoid roadblocks…. • Encourage sensible risks • Tolerate ambiguity • Allow mistakes • Identify and surmount obstacles • Teach self-responsibility • Promote self-regulation • Teach delayed gratification

  12. And some tools… • Use profiles of creative people • Encourage creative collaboration • Imagine other viewpoints

  13. Source… http://resources.blackboard.com/scholar/general/small_frame.jsp?url=http%3A//www.google.com/custom%3Fcof%3DAH%253Acenter%253BS%253Ahttp%253A//www.blackboard.com%253BAWFID%253Ae1e1108997c2fac2%253B%26q%3D%2522Educational%2520Leadership%2522&bc.1.title=Google%20Search

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