The Creative Teacher

 

There are many routes to a place, and which ever route a driver takes to his destination, depends on his present situation. If I had a treasure and needed to get on the other side of a wall, I could choose to climb over the wall, jump over the wall, or make a hole and go through the wall. Whichever way, I get to my treasure. This is creativity; it is turning imaginative ideas into realities.

The concept of creativity in teaching arises because, there is a problem which has to be solved to meet set objectives. In other words, a creative teacher is one who has a skill of solving problems. Creativity allows you to see things in different ways and express yourself.

As a creative teacher, you must have different ways of meeting your learners’ need. Doing it the same old way could be boring and not give you the expected result. One way to be creative is promoting the 21^st century skills through critical thinking and problem solving skill. You must be able to measure your proficiency in the 21^st century skills, so as to help your learner develop theirs.

It is vital then, to have a personal plan of a continuous professional development if you must stay relevant. You hit your target and make more impact, when you are equipped for the task. It’s a new era, where the new normal has come to stay. Get creative “teacher”; do it differently this time.

Developing 21st Century Learners