CREATIVITY AND INNOVATIONS IN TEACHING: A RURAL BASED EXPERIENCE

Authors

  • Reneecilia B. Paz de Leon

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32461/2226-3209.3.2018.171883

Keywords:

creativity in teaching, teaching innovations, classroom innovations.

Abstract

Abstract. Pedagogical creativity and innovation—whether involving technology or not, is shaped by a
complex interaction of the innovation with contextual factors such as school and school policy, leadership, cultural norms and values, teacher attitudes and skills, and student characteristics wherein creative execution marks the difference. The study examined school and classroom contexts in which pedagogical creativity and innovations takes place. Data were obtained from the rural based communities from Division of Rizal and Antipolo. Philippines. The study uncovered reasons for classroom creativity and innovation, the extent of adoption of various innovative strategies covering pedagogical approaches, techniques, curricular enhancement, course design and organization and assessment. Best creative and innovative practices were derived from conducted observations and focused group discussions. Results of the study brings into picture various creative and innovative strategies employed by the respondents to cope up with the demands of outcome based learning. Further, the teachers’, students and administrators’ role were found as essential conditions for the sustainability of classroom innovation and creative delivery. Related contributing factors for sustainability were supportive plans and policies, funding, innovation champions, and internal and external recognition and support. An explanatory innovation and creative delivery
sustainability framework was derived from a qualitative analysis of the responses and cases using grounded theory technique.
Keywords: creativity in teaching, teaching innovations, classroom innovations.

References

Blouin, J.,Bringing It Home: A Study of the Incentives Surrounding the Repatriation of Foreign Earnings Under the

American Jobs Creation Act of 2004.Journal of Accounting Research, 2009. Sourced at

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-679X.2009.00342.x/abstract on August 10, 2017.

Marcano, Jesús García Guiliany2 Annherys Paz, and Edwin Cardeño Portela. "Liderazgo ético. Una perspectiva en

universidades públicas del estado Zulia." Opción 34.86 (2018): 696-730.

Fullan, M. G. Successful School Improvement: The Implementation Perspective and Beyond. Open University Press,

Philadelphia, 2003. Sourced at https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=e4FEBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=Principal+as+gatekeeper,+fullan&source=on October 3, 2017.

Metz, E. D., The Camouflaged At-Risk Student: White and Wealthy.Momentum, v24 n2 p40-44 Apr-May 1993.Eric

Journal. Sourced at https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ461694 on November 2, 2017.

Wall, D. The Impact of High-Stakes Examinations on Classroom Teaching: A Case Study Using Insights from

Testing and Innovation Theory (Studies in Language Testing), Cambridge University Press (2005). Sourced at

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9780521542494/Impact-High-Stakes-Examinations-Classroom-Teachiing on November 3, 2017.

Downloads

Issue

No. 3 (2018)

Section

Мистецтвознавство

License

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).