It´s a decision of every teacher
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Creativity is a challenge today, and I think it is a contradiction, since we are all creative in nature but, as we have reviewed and agreed, school system and education kills it, but not only those, but also social rules, stereotypes, discipline principles, etc.
Even if a specific institution decided to change and renew and train their teachers in creative strategies to teach, I think at the end, it depends on the person (the teacher), his/her personal characteristics, formation, personality, education, creativity; how he or she takes knowledge to the classroom, how
creative he/she is to teach and how to enrich and generate and/or stimulate creativity in the students. It is up to the teacher and it depends on that moment in the classroom (or on line) how creativity is or not stimulated. It is a lottery, nobody knows which teacher they will be assigned, or whether he or she is creative enough to teach creativity...
I'm glad you like Veracruz. It's a nice place to live, too hot though sometimes.
I definitely agree, but I find particularly difficult to be creative all the time. You know? As rules, formalisms and institutional demands can even kill the very teacher's creativity. And I've found some students to look at us as "weirdos" when trying to introduce creative strategies or activities in the classroom. Too used to copying and listenning, or doing something else while the teacher talks. And most of them (you know) just go to school because they are sent by their parents or because they need the paper (diploma).
I'm not going to ANUPI, as I don't teach english. Mostly research methods in the Education Masters program and I do research on technology and education so mostly we attend tech-ed events. But sounds interesting, where is it this year?
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Hello neighbor! I was in Veracruz a little over a year ago for a MEXTESOL convention...it's great place!
I agree that a lot depends on the teacher as to what creative opportunities exist in any particular classroom. But I also think that we (as teacher leaders) can also take the reins and begin working together to share current practices in a way that benefits everyone. Building a professional learning community that focuses on critical and creative thinking skills requires both a bottom-up as well as a bottom-down movement.
Benjamin
Aguascalientes, Mexico
PS Will you be going to ANUPI this year?