Creativity as a Stepping Stone towards Developing Other Competencies in Classrooms
Joint Authors
Ahmadi, Niluphar
Besançon, Maud
Source
Education Research International
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-08-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Creativity, as a 21st-century skill, has gained more interest these past years and has become one of the key competencies to be implemented in classrooms.
However, some studies highlight teachers’ difficulties to integrate it in a classroom context.
For instance, introducing creativity in overloaded school curricula may be a hindrance to developing it.
Teachers have to implement other 21st-century competencies (the 4Cs) at the same time as well.
These educational objectives can be considerable in terms of time and means for teachers and thus do not encourage them to develop these competencies.
The purpose of this article is to present links, essentially theoretical, made by researchers between creativity and other 21st-century skills (e.g., critical thinking, metacognition, and collaboration).
We considered that if creativity shares some characteristics with other competencies, it can be possible that, by applying only a teaching-for-creativity approach in classroom, we can also contribute to developing the other “C” as well.
So choosing only creativity can be a way for teachers to develop their pupils’ skills without falling behind in their curriculum.
In this article, we will also discuss our hypothesis taking into account limits from teachers’ classroom practices.
Teachers’ training, evaluation, and everyday practices will be considered.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ahmadi, Niluphar& Besançon, Maud. 2017. Creativity as a Stepping Stone towards Developing Other Competencies in Classrooms. Education Research International،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1155129
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ahmadi, Niluphar& Besançon, Maud. Creativity as a Stepping Stone towards Developing Other Competencies in Classrooms. Education Research International No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1155129
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ahmadi, Niluphar& Besançon, Maud. Creativity as a Stepping Stone towards Developing Other Competencies in Classrooms. Education Research International. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1155129
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1155129