CREATIVITY PROFESSIONALISM TUTORS UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION QUALITY Tutors Conference Session One: Creativity and Practical Application Ray Nafatali School of Marketing and International Business

CREATIVITY PROFESSIONALISM TUTORS UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION QUALITY Introduction  The purpose of this session is to look at the importance of creativity and effectively use it to enhance the learning environment, not merely to define what it is

CREATIVITY PROFESSIONALISM TUTORS UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION QUALITY Creativity Creativity is an important tool in the classroom –It depends on how you use it –Therefore the purpose of creativity in the classroom setting is to enhance the learning environment

CREATIVITY PROFESSIONALISM TUTORS UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION QUALITY Effective Participation What is effective participation? CONGRAULATIONS This is now your marking criteria

CREATIVITY PROFESSIONALISM TUTORS UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION QUALITY Benefits It empowers the students to come up with their own criteria so that it makes them accountable to participate You win the respect from the students because it is their input which helped determine that way you mark The students have a general feel of how they should approach the tutorials, its more impact when someone shows it to them in a visual way

CREATIVITY PROFESSIONALISM TUTORS UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION QUALITY Clap Ya’ll Clap How could a practical exercise benefit the students?

CREATIVITY PROFESSIONALISM TUTORS UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION QUALITY Using creativity in the classroom Content is more important than being creative Involve students in the development process Appeal to all senses Offer real life experiences Lead activities that will allow your students to flex their brains

CREATIVITY PROFESSIONALISM TUTORS UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION QUALITY Conclusion Comments: What does creativity bring to the learning environment ‘I hear, and I forget. I see, and I remember. I do, and I understand.’ Chinese Proverb