Open Workshop

Teaching for Creative and Creativity Thinking

Trainer                : Professor Dan Fasko

Date                     : 15 March 2016, Tuesday
Venue                  : Republic Polytechnic
Time                     : 9:00AM to 5:00PM

Closing Date       : 29 January 2016, Friday

 Workshop Fee: S$300.00 per participant. If 2 or more participants from the same school/organization attend the same workshop, the discounted fee will be S$250.00 per participant for that particular workshop. Fees are subject to GST and include all training materials, 2 tea breaks and a lunch. Invoices will be sent to the schools/clusters after the workshop.

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Workshop Description

The teaching and learning of creativity and creative thinking skills and strategies for the classroom teacher is presented. There is an emphasis upon activities to promote an understanding of creative thinking skills and dispositions of students, as well as developing strategies to enhance these skills and dispositions. 

Participants will bring syllabi and lesson plans to revise, or will develop new syllabi and lesson plans to promote creative thinking and dispositions in their classes. The culminating activity will be a presentation of their syllabi and a lesson incorporating their newly acquired skills in a content that they teach.

Objectives:

1. To develop an understanding of the current field of creativity and creative thinking and instruction.

2. To incorporate current research to develop creative thinking skills and dispositions in students.

3. To be able to assess creativity and creative thinking in your students.

4. To develop a syllabus and lesson that incorporates current research on creativity and creative thinking instruction.

Outline of Topics:

1.         Issues and Defining Creativity and Creative Thinking

2.         Curriculum Planning

3.         Teaching for Creativity and Creative Thinking

4.         Assessment of Students’ Creativity and Creative Thinking

5.         Developing a Creative Classroom

Target Audience

This workshop is intended for upper primary and secondary in-service classroom teachers, as well as junior college teachers.

About the Trainer - Dr Dan Fasko

Daniel Fasko, Jr., Ph.D. is a Professor of Educational Psychology at Bowling Green State University where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Educational Psychology and Life-Span Development. He is a member of American Educational Research Association (AERA), European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), American Psychological Assocation (APA) and is a frequent presenter, discussant, reviewer, and chair of sessions at national and international conferences.

He has conducted workshops at the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, and will be conducting a workshop at the International Congress of Applied Psychology in July. His research interests are in teaching critical and creative thinking, values education, and the relationship between moral reasoning and critical thinking.

For 10 years he was the editor of Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines, and is an ad hoc reviewer for Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, Learning and Instruction, Argumentation, and Psychological Assessment. Dan co-edited with Wayne Willis Contemporary philosophical and psychological perspectives on moral development and education published in 2008 by Hampton Press.

He is also the editor of Critical thinking and reasoning: Current, theories, research, and practice published in 2003 by Hampton Press. He has published over 25 articles, 9 chapters, among other reports and media. Prior to his employment at BGSU, Dan taught at Morehead State University, where he was honored as the 2000 Distinguished Researcher.