Creativity in Foreign Language Teaching

Authors

  • Ivana Cimermanová University of Presov, Slovakia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol1.iss3.110

Abstract

The author deals with a topic quite often discussed by not only pedagogy and psychology. Creativity is present everywhere and the author suggests it should be a part of University education preparing pre-service teachers. Even though there are researches proving that creativity can be learnt and developed (to certain extent) it is still missing at our schools. Students and pupils still claim that they are asked to memorize the facts rather than to discuss their own opinions and perception.
The study briefly presents part of the data gained in the research focused on using creativity at elementary and secondary schools. The interview with 22 teachers was done in 2 sessions (10 and 12 teachers to manage to administer the responses).

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Author Biography

  • Ivana Cimermanová, University of Presov, Slovakia

    Institute of British and American Studies, Faculty of Arts

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Published

2013-11-01

How to Cite

Cimermanová, I. (2013). Creativity in Foreign Language Teaching. International Journal for Innovation Education and Research, 1(3), 7-14. https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol1.iss3.110