It is anticipated that teachers now-a-days must exhibit outstanding techniques that will make his/her teaching prowess be creative and inviting. That is why various techniques may be employed in order to further enhance your teaching ability.
Though it will be a great deal of effort to bring out the most creative ideas, citing the best techniques will aid the teacher in the fulfillment of the great role of a teacher in his/her instruction. These were suggested by experts in the field of education and are really proven effective. Let’s all recall and apply them in our teaching process.
Invite brainstorming. This is a useful tool to develop creative solutions to a problem. It is not merely a teacher’s idea. In order to be creative, a teacher also encourages the students to share their thoughts and ideas. The students as participants in the classroom setting and interaction change and improve ideas for the success of the teaching-learning process.
In this way, you are teaching and training your students to be independent and creative in their manner of thinking. Moreover, teaching also becomes creative since it is not only a teacher’s idea but a collaboration of great minds.
Introduce concept mapping/visualization. This can aid in generating ideas, designing complex structures, or communicating complex ideas. Students love to see graphic representations on their way to learning. Abstract and profound thoughts may be explained not only in words but also on visuals being flashed or posted.
Utilize role playing. The creativity of a teacher can also be seen in the way he/she stimulates his/her students to assume roles in a play. Role playing gives the students an opportunity to practice what they have learned and intensifies their interest in learning. It also provides concrete information and descriptions of characters in a story.
Make use of storyboarding. It can be associated with spreading students’ thoughts out on a wall as they work on a project or solve a problem. Story boards can further help with planning, ideas, communications and organization. This technique allows students to see the interconnections, how an idea relates to another and how parts come together.
Employ a decision tree. It is a visual and analytical tool being used to derive at a correct decision. This will direct the students find better resolutions to a given situation.
By using these techniques as initially introduced by education experts, creative teaching can be realized.
By: Catalina S. Nañasca | Teacher III | Orani North Elementary School | Orani, Bataan
