"Core Skill: Creativity and Imagination." Presented at: Connecting Classrooms Validation Workshop, 18-20 July, 2016, Amman, Jordan. By: Mohammed Hassim, ELT Supervisor, Taroudant, Morocco.

1. By: Mohammed Hassim,
ELT Supervisor, Taroudant, Morocco.
mohammed.hassim@gmail.com
http://mohammedhassim.wix.com/edu-resources
Connecting Classrooms Validation Workshop
18-20 July, 2016, Amman, Jordan
Core Skill:
Creativity and Imagination

2. Learning outcomes
In this mini-lesson you will learn about
 why creativity and imagination are important
in schools and in life
 the different aspects and practices of creativity
 how to use creativity and imagination to solve
some issues related to your teaching and
learning context.

3. Success criteria
In order to meet the learning objectives, you will
 engage in fruitful discussion with colleagues
 discover some useful practices for using
creativity and imagination in a contextualized
situation
 use those practices to solve real problems
related to your teaching and learning context.

4. Activity 1: A riddle: A sinking ship
Imagine you are
alone in a boat with a
large hole in the
bottom. Sharks are
swimming around
you on all sides and
the boat is sinking
fast. How do you
survive?

5. Activity 2: Newton and the apple
In groups, read the
text and write down
the thinking skills
that Newton used to
come out with his
famous discovery.
What did he do
differently that led to
his genius discovery?

6. Activity 2: Newton and the apple (Cont’d)
Millions saw the apple fall, only Newton asked why.
Millions saw the apple fall, only Newton asked the
question. Newton made the most telling remark on the
process of thought that has ever been encountered. It is
also the simplest. When asked how he had come upon his
theory of gravity, he said, ’By thinking on it
continuously.’ 'Why should that apple always descend
perpendicularly to the ground,' thought he to himself.
'Why should it not go sideways, or upwards, but
constantly to the earth's centre? Assuredly, the reason is,
that the earth draws it. There must be a drawing power in
matter.’
Millions saw the apple fall, only Newton asked why.

7. Activity 3: The teacher, the sea, the
sinking boat and the sharks
Going back to the story of the man, the sea, the sinking
boat and the sharks, imagine the man is a teacher: What
might be the other elements in the story represent in a
teaching and learning context as challenges and
obstacles? Using the techniques drawn from activity 2 to
suggest some solutions.
Millions saw the apple fall, only Newton asked why.

8. Conclusion
Millions saw the apple fall, only Newton asked why.
“The true sign of
intelligence is not
knowledge but
imagination.”
Einstein

9. Thanks for your attention.
Questions & comments
are welcome.

10. Thanks for your attention.
Questions & comments
are welcome.