What we must do for teachers is to help them develop the reflective skills that will enable them think critically about their own practice. Ideally, this would be done while classroom interactions are happening but in the early stages of their development, it is more likely to happen after class is over. We do not suggest that these creative behaviours be taught as isolated entities but rather, that they infuse the holistic delivery of curricula. Barron s Characteristics of Creativity 3. A preference for complexity, balanced by a need to find simple and elegant order.
All teachers work with live material.
We know that children are constantly shaping and reshaping themselves in response to the environment, individual intentionalities, communal needs and narratives. Meaning making rests with the learner. The responsibility of the teacher is to open up imaginative possibilities for students' discovery. Teaching is all about knowing what to select and how to refine its delivery so that students can access its meanings. Teachers, particularly new teachers, may have strong conceptions about the meanings that are inherent in the material.