Top Highlights

• I’d always known the principle: participation in the learning process stimulates learning and encourages growth. Negatively, when the teacher is in total control of the class’s activities, his or her ego may be the only growing thing in the classroom.
• What’s unique about creative teachers? They have the ability to make the most of every situation. They have a receptivity to change that allows them to greet new opportunities with glee rather than panic. They are curious.
• A creative teacher is willing to break out of the mold and risk failure because he or she believes that God can use a new idea.
• List three things you might do in your teaching process that you’ve never done before:
• The steps in the process are: (1) preparation, (2) incubation, (3) illumination, (4) elaboration, and (5) verification.