Introductions / The Safe Creative Classroom

 

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 Introduction

 

Creating a safe environment in the classroom is key in providing students with higher levels of instruction. An important part of making students feel safe to learn and be creative is knowing their names. However, that is just one of the many aspects needed to actually show students that they are safe to be. Today's class provides students with important tips that help teachers to create a safe creative environment.


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Learning Objectives


  • Know  each other's names
  • Understand different creativity tips that make the classroom a safer learning environment 
  • Explain which tip is the most important


 III

 

Main Lesson


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a. Introductions to the group.

b. Write a brief introduction where you share your name, your major, your place of origin and your expectations for this class. Post your introduction on Discussion Board.


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A Note to Remember

 

 The Safe Creative Classroom

A good teacher's duty is to establish an environment that supports creativity and at the same time eliminate suppressors of creativity. A teacher that supports creativity provides plenty of resources, trust and safety, an active environment and opportunities to showcase the students' creative work.

 

Source: 

Developing Creativity in the Classroom 

Search for safe creative classroom.

 

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Case Study 

 

Elvis Naçi (born May 7, 1977 in Tirana) is an Albanian Theologian and Imam. He was the director of Islamic preaching at the Islamic Community of Albania, which operates in the Tanners' Mosque (Tabak Mosque) in Tirana, Albania, and is the founder and president of the Firdeus Non-Profit Cultural Foundation.

Naçi is active on a Facebook page with over 976,450 follow-up subscribers (May 5, 2020) and regularly posts videos on his YouTube channel, which has more than 244,552 subscribers (May 5, 2020). Due to his great popularity among the Muslims of Albania, but also with other Albanians, he became known nationally and is regularly invited onto Albanian talk shows.

In 2019, Naçi was named Man of the Year by several Albanian magazines. Naçi is a harsh critic of a radical Islam in Albania. He accused the Albanian government of doing too little about radical imams. As a result, his mosque has had to engage a security service.

The video below was posted by Naçi. The quote at the end of the film is in Albanian language.


 

 Mos paragjykoni askend!

 Silluni butë me njerëzit sepse ju nuk i dini hallet e tyre.

Don't prejudice anyone! Be gentle with people because you don't know their concerns.

 

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Discussion Question

 

GROUP WORK 

 

Read with your group the 20 tips listed in the link bellow. Discuss these tips with the members of your group.

  

LINK: 20 Tips for Creating a Safe Learning Environment

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/20-tips-create-safe-learning-environment-rebecca-alber

 

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Activity

 

After clicking on the link and reading the tips for creating a safe learning environment, please choose the three tips that resonate with you the most. Explain. 

 Post a summary of your group discussion on Discussion Board.

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Individual Work 

If you were to choose the most important tip for you to apply in your own classroom, which tip would that be? Explain. 



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Glossary


 



 

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