Creativity in Teaching

The Creativity in Teaching Summer School is designed for teachers and lecturers at universities and in Higher Education institutions who want to make an effective use of creative thinking in their teaching practice; broaden their teaching styles in in-person, hybrid and online settings; increase student motivation for learning; gain deeper insight into theories of creativity applicable for teaching;

think about developing creative materials for their courses in in-person, hybrid and online settings; reflect on their teaching practice.

What to expect?

The Creativity in Teaching Summer School workshops are highly experiential, requiring everybody to participate in individual and group activities. The programme includes topics such as:

What are creative situations?

Who can be creative?

Which processes in teaching and learning are creative?

Which creativity theories can be useful for teaching?

How to work with barriers to creativity in in-person, hybrid and online settings?

How to use authentic materials in in-person, hybrid and online settings?

How to make students more engaged in their learning in in-person, hybrid and online settings?

How to organise creative courses in in-person, hybrid and online settings?

How to deal with activities focused on individual areas in in-person, hybrid and online settings?

What is creative feedback and assessment?

The Creativity in Teaching Summer School offers you a truly creative and unique experience. Those five days will help you gain a practical insight into how to apply creative theories to your teaching, how to develop and adjust creative materials from in person to hybrid and online or vice-versa and how to foster creativity in your students and help them become actively engaged co-authors of their own learning.

Your days will consist of interactive and highly practical workshops focusing on topics such as creative theories, creative situations, creative processes and barriers to creativity. You will be presented with examples of creative activities successfully implemented in teaching at universities and in Higher Education institutions and provided with an opportunity to develop an understanding of ways to improve your own teaching in a creative way. In three distinct sessions each day, you will also have a chance to interact, discuss, practise and reflect on your teaching practice with your colleagues.

The Summer School will give you an ideal opportunity to discover and explore new areas of teaching which you have perhaps not had the chance to focus on before, get to know Brno and the region, professionally network and make new friends, or simply enjoy a special learning experience in a beautiful atmosphere of Masaryk University.

Early bird registration: 30th April 2023

Standard registration: 20th June 2023