The Thom Gibson Podcast

How Do You Teach Creativity?

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A conversation on Facebook with my friend Jake led me to ponder the nature of teaching kids how to do creative work. Jake Ritter is a broadcast journalism teacher and John Mulvany is an artist and art teacher of 26 years.In this episode we chat about:what the schools of thought when it comes to teaching creativity arewhat the most challenging aspects of teaching creativity arehow to help kids who just don't know where to starthow to structure creative assignmentsthe balance between teaching skills and opening up opportunities to be creativehow to balance giving students creative freedom and wanting to give them guidancehow to structure collaborative creative projectsmeeting deadlines vs. feeling creatively satisfiedhow to structure self and peer assessmentshow to assess a creative project as teachersPlus you'll hear audio from both Jake's and John's classroom in how they support their students.The original video I posted on Facebook that sparked this conversation was titled '5 Biggest Mistakes I've Made As A