Thank You & See You Next Year in Birmingham

I would like to thank Carol Read , the IATEFL Machester Conference 2015 president for these interesting sessions .And I would like as well to extend my thanks to the British Council Manchester Online team,Julian,Martin,Monika ,and Rebecca, for their undeniable efforts to make IATEFL notch up success.

            Carol Read , the IATEFL Machester Conference 2015 President

Carol Read on “Creative Teaching, Creative Learning"

To be creative is to get on a roll with an idea. You experience “flow” or the positive harnessing of emotions in pursuit of a goal or outcome. It is with this thought that Carol Read opened her extremely creative session on creative teaching and learning.

Carol went on to discuss the necessity of a frame work in order to create. A framework, she said, is energising and liberating: without one, we become lethargic and uninspired. She supported this with a quote from David Ogilvy, “Give me the freedom of a tight brief”. Not only do we need motivation and inspiration, both of which are typically associated with creativity, but also disciplined thinking, attention to detail and effort, which may come to mind less readily in connection with the concept.

As a word, creativity has both positive and negative connotations. In the negative sense, it may seem clever but sneaky. For example, filling in expense claim forms to obtain the maximum return. While on a positive note, we think of energy and enthusiasm, thinking outside the box.
 

To see Carol read's interview with Kristeen,click on the following link:

http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2015/interview/interview-carol-read

Good Bye!

See you next year!