Surveying Educators' Creativity

Especially from the interviews, I learned that the interviewed educators think creatively and critically non-stop in their practice of teaching, which carries over into all areas of their lives (see the transcribed interviews in Appendices 15-17). Also, the interviewed educators consciously and unconsciously allow inspiring material from their life to inform and better prepare their creativity in their teaching practice; by bringing newly discovered materials and techniques into the classroom, and using inspiring literature or imagery from their life experiences to make their teaching more varied and accessible for their various types of learners (i.e. travel, professional development courses, social life, creative life, etc.). Meaning that, for some, those educators actually maintain creative practices and are generally creative in their lifestyle, as confirmed when asked if they maintain creative practices. These points satisfied my desire to know if Primary educators maintained creative practices or not, and whether or not they put any small effort into their lifestyle to look creatively at the world in a sense of living inquiry. From the interviews, it became apparent that those educators engaged in living inquiry, but not consciously; those educators engaged in a creative practice, but not necessarily consciously.

• What time and energy does it take for you to maintain a creative practice in your life?

• Would you generally see or believe how your lived experience affects your teaching (and creative practice)?