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Creatiity a,,ears to %e an
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RISHANAM)RTI# 4. Education as service. ,hica&o+ The Ra51ut "'ess. 1612.
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OSHO. O1.cit.
im,ortant com,onent o# ,rograms and strategies to ,rod"ce ,ositie o"tcomes #or
.nglish learners- 0rograms that teach ,eo,le creatie ,ro%lem6soling skills hel,
them to %ecome s"ccess#"l ad"lts /ho can 2"estion the acc"racy o# in#ormation
and ,"t in#ormation to constr"ctie "se- Moreoer( st"dent inolement in creatie
actiities =s"ch as ,er#orming arts and gro",s actiities> has %een #o"nd to red"ce
dro, o"t o# school rates and to im,roe st"dent motiation- Creatiity can also
sere to ,resere st"dents #rom stress@ and creatie thinking allo/s ,eo,le to
aoid %oredom( to resole ,ersonal con#lict( to co,e /ith increasing cons"mer
choice( to acce,t com,le4ity and am%ig"ity( to make inde,endent 1"dgments( to
"se leis"re time constr"ctiely( and to ad1"st to the ra,id deelo,ment o# ne/
kno/ledge-
Incidentally( art and creatiity im,roes ,",il8s sel#6esteem( motiation and
achieement- They %ecome more inde,endent /ith #ree6thinking- They are o,ened
to ne/ ideas@ and learn ho/ to discoer things %y themseles- They are also keen
on /ork /ith others to e4,lore ideas- Ho/eer( teachers ,lay a key role in ,",il8s
creatiity since they ,ermit learners to talk( to ,artici,ate and to make contri%"tions
in class- So( the ma1ority o# learners8 artistic deelo,ment de,ends on the la%o"r o#
teachers /illing to %om%ard st"dent minds- Th"s( ,eo,le /ho are creatie and
,ractice some arts /ill %e ,re,ared #or ra,idly changing /orld( /here they may
hae to ada,t to seeral careers in li#etime- Teachers sho"ld gie them the
o,,ort"nity to %ecome creatie( innoatie( enter,rising and ca,a%le o# leadershi,
to e2"i, them #or their lies as /orkers and citizens-
Last o# all( The Art of Dying is the #i#th dimension- 7t this ,oint( 5sho
comments: 9in this fifth dimension will be all the meditations, so that you can !now
there is no death, so that you can become aware of an eternal life inside you
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When a,,lying this in Colom%ian ed"cational conte4t( %ased on .$L learning and
teaching( it /o"ld %e com,letely odd to hear teachers talking a%o"t that eternal li#e
mentioned a%oe- 7ltho"gh ,eo,le sho"ld kno/ themseles ho/ to try and rela4(
they do not need to do meditation sessions@ this is really "n"s"al in Colom%ia- In
addition to this( he also cited( in this dimension( the martial arts like aikido( 1"1its"
and 1"do =the art o# sel#6de#ence /itho"t /ea,ons>- These martial arts are not
releant in the .nglish learning ,rocess in Colom%ia since these are ,ractised %y
ery #e/ ,eo,le here- Ho/eer( to de#end #rom others is seen as the %est /ay to
,reent %"rglaries and homicides( %"t it does not re#er s,eci#ically to ed"cation and
it does not hel, learners to im,roe their ,erce,tion o# kno/ledge-
In closing( it sho"ld %e said that teachers hae a ery in#l"ential role in
children8s .nglish ed"cation since the learning and teaching o# a #oreign lang"age
is a com,le4 ,rocess that inoles a limitless amo"nt o# commitment and
inolement as /ell as total ,hysical( intellect"al and emotional res,onse- 7ll o#
this is necessary #or the deelo,ment o# the #ie dimensions o# ed"cation ,ro,osed
%y 5sho- Those dimensions hel, teachers to "nderstand the im,ortance o#
in#ormation( science( lang"age( arts and creatiity and the arts o# liing and dying
in the .nglish learning ,rocesses- Teaching m"st not %e taken 1"st as a ,ro#ession(
%"t also as a /ay o# li#e- Teachers8 /ork sha,es st"dents8 attit"de to/ards the
/orld and ,eo,le( in#l"ence their e4,ectations and the /ay they /ant to lie- This
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#actor o# %eing a teacher /ill make it not so hard to discoer the methodology to
em,loy in di##erent conte4ts and aria%les "nder /hich teaching is al/ays
,resented-
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