Teaching creatively and teaching for creativity – theory, teachers’ attitudes, and creativity-based practices

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Figure 1. Diagram of the three aspects of creativity in teaching: theoretical, attitudes, practical.

Table 1. Summary of teaching methods and approaches for developing student creativity as spotted in lesson plans (N = 36).

Teaching creatively			Teaching for creativity
Method	Frequency (%)	Examples	Assignment type	Frequency (%)	Examples
Watching a video	7 (30)	“Extracting information from a video about Antarctica”.	Drawing	5 (14)	“Students asked to pick three different items from their home and place them together in a drawing”
Worksheet	4 (17)	“Students receive custom worksheets: some will put together different parts to make a whole symbol, others will answer relevant questions”.	Model-building and presentation	4 (11)	“Students were to prepare a model summarising the word family stemming from their chosen [Semitic] root. They can present their model any way they choose: in writing, in graphics, by paper cut-outs or Play-Doh, etc”.
Game	4 (17)	“A race game – yes/no or fill-in-the-blank questions about the stages of setting up a proper campfire”.	Brainstorming	4 (11)	“Taking turns, each student team will introduce their classmates to social issues they prepare in advance. The teams will be asked to list the methods they are going to use to convey their message”.
Lesson plans teaching creatively − 23 (64%) Lesson plans applying original teaching methods − 8 (22%)			Lesson plans teaching for creativity − 22 (61%) Lesson plans containing original assignments teaching for creativity − 9 (25%)
Total lesson plans that teach creatively as well as teach for creativity − 19 (53%)