ABSTRACT

The recent call for education to support student creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking has required a change in traditional views of teaching and learning. Teachers are being asked to engage in creative work in order to bring about innovative educational practices. However, when teachers are asked to make pedagogical changes, the supports given to them vary widely and are not often successful in bringing about change. In this study a process that supported collaborative creativity among teachers and instructional coaches was created in order to support teachers in the design and implementation of new teaching and learning experiences. The framework that was created, The i5 Framework: Innovating Educational Practice through Collaboration, can support teachers in the design and implementation of new teaching practices. The use of The i5 Framework was found to support teachers in their goals of designing new learning experiences for students. The participating educators found that The i5 Framework helped them support creativity and critical thinking in their students and provided them with a quality professional development experience.

摘要

最近呼吁教育支持学生的创造力、协作和批判性思维，这需要改变传统的教学观。教师被要求从事创造性工作，以带来创新的教育实践。然而，当教师被要求对教学进行改变时，给予他们的支持差异很大，而且往往不能成功地带来改变。在这项研究中，创建了一个支持教师和教学教练之间协作创造力的过程，以支持教师设计和实施新的教学和学习体验。创建的框架，i5 框架：通过协作创新教育实践，可以支持教师设计和实施新的教学实践。发现使用i5 框架可以支持教师实现为学生设计新学习体验的目标。参与的教育工作者发现i5 框架帮助他们支持学生的创造力和批判性思维，并为他们提供优质的专业发展经验。