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Collaborative Creativity in the Language Classroom #750

Sun, Nov 22, 10:45-11:10 JST | Zoom 9
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This presentation will be useful for teachers interested in promoting student creativity in their classroom. It synthesises the latest research to understand a) why creative skills have become significant in education policy internationally and in Japan, b) how we can understand creativity as a phenomenon, and c) how to promote creativity, particularly collaborative creativity, in the language classroom. It is part of an ongoing research project into the role of creativity in Japanese education.

Cameron Smith

Cameron Smith

Aichi Gakuin University
I have been teaching in Japan for 17 years based in Aichi Prefecture, having previously completed a doctorate on health reform in Russia. My research interests are creativity in education, creative writing in a second language and Content and Language Integrated Learning. I am also the editor, the Journal of Literature in Language Teaching, published by the Literature in Language Learning SIG.