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Ronald M. Quileste Advanced Innovations in
Education
PhD in Education 1 Dr. Lourdes
G. Tolod
Refection Paper
Challenge the Box
Context
Francis Kongs article !as a"out the #o!er o$ creative thin%ing
and ho!
these #eo#le are !illing and a"le to trans$or& the
conventional to innovational.
'e stated that creative #eo#le are the ones !ho see and
drea& o$ the iossi"le
to realit( and that the( are "adl( needed in toda(s societ(.
Experience
)henever I a& given a s(lla"us &ade "( a #revious
instructor* I &a%e
sure to incor#orate so&e changes. These changes ho!ever are
not due to &(
ego "ut $or &( students. I search and validate so&e
in$or&ation !ritten in the
s(lla"us i$ the( are outdated or there have "een corrections
included. I also
!ould incor#orate so&e ne! strategies that I +nd +tting $or
the course. I a& not
co&$orta"le* (ou see* in teaching soðing and
$ollo!ing a course outline ,s(lla"us that I didnt &a%e
&(sel$. I understand the lesson "etter i$ I #re#are it
$ro& the rationale to the evaluation. For instance* instead
o$ the usual re#orting*
I let the students search $or their to#ics assigned ahead o$
ti&e and let the& do
varied #resentation st(les -video* slide* chal%tal%. etc./
Refection
0hange is #art o$ li$e and change can onl( "e !ell a##reciated
i$ the
catal(st #uts so&e creativit( in it. )hat Francis Kong tries
to tell us is that !e
should not li&it our ca#a"ilities on !hat is given "ut do
&ore $ro& !hat is given.
)e need to "e creative in ever( ste# o$ the !a(. As a teacher*
creativit( is
al!a(s &( "est all(. Along !ith creativit( is &(
resource$ulness. The( go hand in
hand in &( ever(da( lessons. The( hel# &e do the
unconventional -lecture/ to
the innovational -%e(note/.
Action
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M( net concern is ho! to %ee# &( creativit( intact and avoid
getting
distracted along the !a(. There are ti&es that I $eel la2(
"ut in I reali2e that in
ti&es li%e that !hich I get stronger in $aith. 3ust thin%ing
a"out &( Lord &a%es
&e stronger. 4o I 5ust chant his na&e and then I a&
"ac% to &(sel$ again. I
"elieve though that this is not the greatest struggle o$ a
teacher !hen it co&es
to change* "ut &ediocrit( and colacenc(. To co&"at this
&eans "eing
deter&ined and strong #h(sicall( and s#irituall( along the
!a(.
Evaluation
6verall* the author is telling ever( reader that a creative
#erson is not an
eotic* hard to +nd individual. 'e actuall( lives close to us*
and !ithin us. )e 5ust
need to let hi& out and let hi& guide our actions. 'e is
actuall( God. 'e is
creativit(* the At&an* the 4u#ersoul that d!ells !ithin us.
)e 5ust have to allo!
'i& to guide our &entalit( and actions. )e should not "e
a$raid to "e ridiculed i$
!e dance !ith creativit(. These #eo#le are 5ust 5ealous o$ the
courage (ou have
in ste##ing out.
