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Encouraging creative and innovative thinking in schools - OEMNN1704Z
Title: Encouraging creative and innovative thinking in schools
Guaranteed by: Katedra preprimární a primární pedagogiky (41-KPPP)
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Actual: from 2024
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 4
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unknown / 15 (18)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: PhDr. Petra Vallin, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): PhDr. Petra Vallin, Ph.D.
Class: Předměty v angličtině - bc.
Předměty v angličtině - mgr.
Is interchangeable with: OE0115004
Annotation -
The course will help students to unlock, discover and release their creative potential and will present them with methodologies that can be applied in classroom setting. Participants will learn about different forms of arts, ICT applications, reading and writing, questioning and other techniques to foster creativity in schools. The course is designed as a series of workshops that are composed of hand-on activities, practical tips, and the final creative project.
Last update: Vallin Petra, PhDr., Ph.D. (21.09.2020)
Course completion requirements -
Active participation in seminars (only 20% absence is possible), regular assignments, final project.
Last update: Vallin Petra, PhDr., Ph.D. (10.10.2022)
Literature -

Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1997). Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention. Harper. 

Desailly, J. (2015). Creativity in the Primary Classroom. Sage Publications Ltd.

Johnson, S. (2010). Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation. Penguin.

Lehrer, J. (2012). Imagine: How Creativity Works. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Mohammed, R. (2018). Creative Learning in the Early Years. Taylor and Francis Ltd.

Pink, D. H. (2008) A Whole New Mind: Why Right Brainers Will Rule the Future. Cyan Books.

Pink, D. H. (2011). Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us. Penguin.

Last update: Vallin Petra, PhDr., Ph.D. (05.10.2020)
Syllabus

1. Creativity and education, divergent thinking

2. Bloom taxonomy, creative tasks, good questions

3. The creative child, the creative adult

4. Theater activities

5. Creative curriculum

6. RWCT methods, open-ended tasks and questions

 

Last update: Vallin Petra, PhDr., Ph.D. (10.10.2022)
 
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