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Teaching Creatively and Teaching for Creativity

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In order to prepare today’s students to engage with tomorrow’s world, governments, schools and universities need to prioritise creativity in education – both creative teaching (teacher centred) and teaching for creativity (learner centred). Creativity is a life skill; it can help students learn to live with uncertainty and use their personal creativity to thrive. This chapter examines students’ and lecturers’ conceptions of creativity, their creative engagement in teaching and learning, and the nature of creative pedagogical practice. In so doing, it argues for a fuller consideration of the possibilities and potential of teaching creatively and teaching for creativity. It highlights in particular the significance of motivation, passion, and recognizing one’s own creativity, and argues that increased attention urgently needs to be paid to creative teaching and learning in the academy.

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Cremin, T. (2017). Teaching Creatively and Teaching for Creativity. In: Breeze, R., Sancho Guinda, C. (eds) Essential Competencies for English-medium University Teaching. Educational Linguistics, vol 27. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40956-6_7

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