How do you promote critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity within your classroom?
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To give a chance to my students have discussions about any scenario which I give them during the class and explain the things according to their own perspectives. After showing some videos we do role plays and let them interact each other freely and also giving some situations to deal with accordingly by themselves and figure out how the way they communicate.
As an example creativity cannot be taught, you are born with certain talents like singing. You can choose to improve your singing or not. It is in your DNA.
- JennyCertified ESL Teacher who helps her student in Conversational English.
I use "role play" method of conversation. This could help the students to think about their grammar, vocabulary and their problem-solving skills. I often give topics which are everyday difficult situations, e.g. noisy neighbours.
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I help students understand the joy of challenging themselves. When they experience work as pleasure instead of duty all things follow. 😊
- Nour Nabilpassionate ESL and arabic trainer with 2 years of experience
i used to promote these skills within my sessions: 1. Encouraging open-ended questions: I like to ask open-ended questions that encourage my students to think critically and creatively. This not only helps them develop problem-solving skills but also helps them to better understand the language and its nuances. 2. Providing opportunities for brainstorming: I believe that brainstorming is a great way to promote creativity and problem-solving skills. During my sessions, I provide opportunities for my students to brainstorm ideas and come up with solutions to problems. 3. Incorporating real-world examples: I find that using real-world examples can be a great way to promote critical thinking and problem-solving skills. For example, I might use news articles or case studies to help my students analyze and evaluate different perspectives and come up with creative solutions to problems. 4. and definitely providing constructive feedback
I give them some phrases and with the help of those Phrases they have to prepare a story .
By giving homework to students and then engaging the work together in class the next time you meet.
While I could spout off all the buzz words under the sun, I prefer to use good old plain English. So here goes. To develop critical thinking the lesson must actively involve students. What do I mean? Simply put, the teacher must lead a conversation that inspires the student to speak. Once the teacher has done that, then the next thing to do is to ween students off any translate tool, by teaching them to paraphrase, like native speakers do when the right word is on the tip of their tongue. Paraphrasing is an incredible way to increase a student's confidence in using English. The now confident student will feel brave enough to use try out words that perhaps they were unsure about, or had only just heard. This increases their lexical resource and their vocabulary, opening up to more creative speech and writing. After a short while the whole process is self sustaining and the teacher becomes a sounding board for the students ideas and opinions.
That is a good question Teachers should always motivate and inspire their students Letting them to express their opinions, making every time conclusions of any appeared problems, argument their actions or anything else So,I try to keep always interest to the material and being positive with them
By advocating learner centred environment.
I think asking a question that will provoke critical answers, followed by a question that will promote problem solving, a good method is to encourage guided discovery, flipping your classroom
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