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dollx

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One of your objectives for the coming school year is to foster your students' creative thinking and/or behavior in a subject area you will be teaching. Basing your discussion on at least four different factors known to influence creativity, describe four strategies you might use to promote such creativity. Illustrate each strategy with a concrete example of what you might do.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Which one of the following classes is most likely to foster students' creativity?
 
  a. Mr. Lester's class, where students are allowed to dabble freely in whatever subject area they want during a ten-minute creativity break at the end of each school day.
  b. Ms. Patrick's class, where students are drilled until they memorize specific facts word for word.
  c. Ms. Francisco's class, where students are expected to perform quickly yet creatively in order to get a good grade.
  d. Mr. Logan's class, where students are allowed to spend a 45-minute block of time every week experimenting with the artistic medium of their choice.


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jrpg123456

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The textbook identifies six general strategies for promoting creativity, underlined in the list below. The response should include at least four of these strategies or more specific ones listed below each one; each strategy should be illustrated by a concrete example.
Value creativity.
 Encourage and reward unusual ideas.
 Look for answers and behaviors that, although not what you had in mind, are legitimately correct.
 Engage in creative behavior yourself.
Focus on internal rewards.
 Provide opportunities to explore special interests.
 Downplay the importance of grades.
 Focus students' attention on the internal satisfaction that creative efforts bring.
Promote mastery of a subject area.
 Help students master course content.
Ask thought-provoking questions.
 Ask higher-level questions

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dollx

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
:D TYSM

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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