Techniques for creative teaching. Creative teaching In order to teach creativity, one must teach creatively; that is, it will take a great deal of creative effort to bring out the most creative thinking in your classes. Of course, creativity is not the only required element for creative instructors. They must also know their fields and know how to create an appropriate learning environment. When will it be most important for you to offer direct instruction? Because answers to these questions are so diverse — even for individual instructors teaching different courses or at various times of the semester — no one technique will fit all needs. General Techniques These creative thinking techniques were culled from the Internet and summarized by Yao Lu, a graduate student in AESHM (Apparel, Educational Studies, and hospitality Management).
Assumption Busting What: An assumption is an unquestioned, assumed truth. Brainstorming How: Define the problem clearly lay out any criteria to be met. Negative (or Reverse) Brainstorming. 1120 Simplifying Teaching. Simplifying Teaching: How to Make Your Teaching More Efficient, Effective, and Enjoyable Without Slighting Your Lab ProjectsWhen he took his first job at Arizona State University, James Elser had spent nearly a decade in the lab and didn't really know what to expect when it came to teaching.
After instructing a few graduate classes, he was tossed in front of his first large class for nonscience majors, "to see if I could survive," he says. It was challenging, he thought, and not all that enjoyable, but he didn't worry too much about it-until he got back his teacher evaluations. "They said I was going too fast, that they weren't clear what it was for, or why they were learning this stuff," Elser says. That's when it really hit him that he could do better-for himself and for the students. For Elser, now a member of ASU's Distinguished Teaching Academy for excellence in teaching and research, it came down to how he wanted to spend his time.
. * Reduce the time you spend floundering Books J. TEACHING TIPS. Top10TeachingMistakes.pdf (Objet application/pdf)