I'm a great advocate of creativity in the classroom ( I suppose I would be though!), believing that a creative approach not only makes for an exciting learning environment but it can also be a valuable tool to aid learning. I've seen this in practice recently whilst working with a geography class, helping them produce models of volcanos. There's no better way to understand a structure than to build it yourself and I'm hoping that the very sensory experience of creating paper mache volcanos will reinforce the learning that took place. It would be interesting to ask the class in a year's time what they remember about the lessons.
