Comments on: Inspiring Creativity in Students http://www.funderstanding.com/content/inspiring-creativity-in-student Education, Training, and Product Design Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:45:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Bruce Beairsto http://www.funderstanding.com/content/inspiring-creativity-in-student/comment-page-1#comment-20145 Bruce Beairsto Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:50:28 +0000 http://www.funderstanding.com/?p=576#comment-20145 Projects can be a blank canvas for creativity or they can be just more uncritical replication of something the student has seen or heard previously. I think it is also important to create a culture of inquiry and speculation in the classroom by problematizing daily activities through skillful questioning, think-pair-share activities, mini-challenges and so on in order to break the students out of their learned fidelity and empower them to be more confidently creative when the bigger opportunities arise. This is not a matter of money, or even time, but of teacher behaviour. Creativity is innate. Its suppression has been learned and undoing that takes genuine, persistent effort to establish a safe and inviting climate for students. Projects can be a blank canvas for creativity or they can be just more uncritical replication of something the student has seen or heard previously. I think it is also important to create a culture of inquiry and speculation in the classroom by problematizing daily activities through skillful questioning, think-pair-share activities, mini-challenges and so on in order to break the students out of their learned fidelity and empower them to be more confidently creative when the bigger opportunities arise. This is not a matter of money, or even time, but of teacher behaviour. Creativity is innate. Its suppression has been learned and undoing that takes genuine, persistent effort to establish a safe and inviting climate for students.

]]> By: Kelly McLendon http://www.funderstanding.com/content/inspiring-creativity-in-student/comment-page-1#comment-17280 Kelly McLendon Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:53:57 +0000 http://www.funderstanding.com/?p=576#comment-17280 Hi Sona, Thank your for your comment! A few resources I have found that may help you learn how to create science lab instructional cards for students of middle school are: http://www.middleschoolscience.com/ as well as, http://www.science-class.net/ -If you're looking to make informative cards for science labs (like rules, what to do/what not to do), you could consult these rules: http://chemistry.about.com/od/healthsafety/a/aa080104a.htm and then use colorful cardstock and themed stickers (such as one of laboratory equipment) to make the cards more middle school friendly. -Also, the book, "Help! I'm Teaching Middle School Science" [Paperback] by C. Jill Swango may be a good resource to consult. Hi Sona,

Thank your for your comment! A few resources I have found that may help you learn how to create science lab instructional cards for students of middle school are:

http://www.middleschoolscience.com/

as well as,

http://www.science-class.net/

-If you’re looking to make informative cards for science labs (like rules, what to do/what not to do), you could consult these rules: http://chemistry.about.com/od/healthsafety/a/aa080104a.htm and then use colorful cardstock and themed stickers (such as one of laboratory equipment) to make the cards more middle school friendly.

-Also, the book, “Help! I’m Teaching Middle School Science” [Paperback] by
C. Jill Swango may be a good resource to consult.

]]> By: sona http://www.funderstanding.com/content/inspiring-creativity-in-student/comment-page-1#comment-15939 sona Sat, 22 Jan 2011 14:20:11 +0000 http://www.funderstanding.com/?p=576#comment-15939 really funtastic!! kindly suggest how to create science lab instructional cards for students of middle school really funtastic!!
kindly suggest how to create science lab instructional cards for students of middle school

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