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Seven Resolutions for Responding Creatively to Uncertainty in the Classroom.
LaShasta Taylor
Jackson State University
Intro to Teaching Internship
November 24, 2021
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Seven Resolutions for Responding Creatively to Uncertainty in the Classroom.
As students move from one academic year to another, they develop fears about the
impending changes. Uncertainty, as Beghetto (2017) explains, may raise concerns and fears
among the students. However, it also presents us with the chance to establish useful changes in
our actions and thoughts. In other words, despite its underlying challenges, uncertainty in the
classroom creates an opportunity for creative expression. It is the duty of educators to develop
their capacity for responding to uncertainty by making a few adjustments in their daily teaching
practice. Unfortunately, many teachers do not understand how to respond to classroom
uncertainty in the best way possible. As the title suggests, this paper presents seven resolutions
for responding to uncertainty. The goal is to identify the most effective ways of responding to
uncertainty in order to ensure success in the classroom.
The first resolution of responding creatively to uncertainty in the classroom is by
establishing creative openings. According to Beghetto (2017), educators should make slight
adjustments to their existing lessons that invite students to experience semi-structured
uncertainty. Some of the activities here include creating opportunities for students to test and
share their unique perspectives and ideas while concurrently attending to their academic goals of
a particular activity or assignment. For instance, when given a math problem, the educator
should not only encourage the students to solve the problem accurately but also encourage them
to think of different ways to solve it. The second way is by putting students’ academic learning to
creative use. Here, educators need to recognize the necessity of content knowledge in responding
creatively to uncertainty. This involves using subject-matter knowledge to address hypothetical
and fantastical situations and addressing actual situations or problems that young people face in
their communities. The third resolution is to provide an honest and supportive feedback.
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Educators should remind students to anchor their unique perspectives and ideas to the task at
hand; encourage students to put their own unique twist on a product or idea; and help them
decide whether creative action and thought is necessary.
The fourth resolution is to issue examples of domain-specific creative responses. As
Beghetto (2017) explains, educators should be prepared to help students recognize what it takes
to move from creative ideas to creative accomplishments. To do this, they can include
biographical descriptions of historical figures who have resolved various problems through
creative response. Another way in which educators can respond creatively to uncertainty in the
classroom is by providing students with the opportunity to productively struggle with
uncertainty. According to Beghetto 920170, sometimes, educators over-structure students’
experiences, removing the opportunities for them to respond to uncertainty in a creative way. In
other cases, educators understructure the experiences of their students, leading to lack of clarity,
unnecessary frustration, and confusion. The sixth resolution is by providing opportunities for all students to address uncertainties
at school, in the community, and their lives. Beghetto (2017) explains that this resolution can be
achieved in four steps. The first step is to identify and address the various problems that students
face; the second step is to recognize when new thinking and action is needed; third, it is
important to engage students in possibility thinking in order to enhance creativity; the final step
is to test the viability of all ideas that seem viable and make necessary adjustments. The last
resolution is for the educators to start with themselves. For students to approach their
uncertainties creatively, the teachers should lead by example.
In closing, the paper has identified seven resolutions for responding creatively to
uncertainty in the classroom. They include establishing creative openings; putting students’
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academic learning to creative use; providing an honest and supportive feedback; issuing
examples of domain-specific creative responses, providing students with the opportunity to
productively struggle with uncertainty; providing opportunities for all students to address
uncertainties at school, in the community, and their lives, and leading by example.
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References
Beghetto, R. A. (2017, December 22). Seven Resolutions for Responding Creatively to
Uncertainty
in
the
Classroom
(Opinion).
Retrieved
from
https://www.edweek.org/education/opinion-seven-resolutions-for-responding-creatively-
to-uncertainty-in-the-classroom/2017/01?cmp=eml-enl-tu-news2