{"id":776,"date":"2021-01-05T15:00:54","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T19:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cara-ocobock\/?p=776"},"modified":"2021-01-05T15:00:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T19:00:56","slug":"encouraging-creativity-critical-thinking-transferrable-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cara-ocobock\/2021\/01\/05\/encouraging-creativity-critical-thinking-transferrable-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Encouraging Creativity, Critical Thinking, &amp; Transferrable Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"90\" class=\"wp-image-778\" style=\"width: 300px\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cara-ocobock\/files\/2021\/01\/tlalogo2.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cara-ocobock\/files\/2021\/01\/tlalogo2.png 525w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cara-ocobock\/files\/2021\/01\/tlalogo2-300x51.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have a new paper out in the <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/escholarship.org\/uc\/teachinglearninganthro\" target=\"_blank\">Teaching and Learning Anthropology Journal<\/a><\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/escholarship.org\/uc\/item\/58403197\" target=\"_blank\">In this article<\/a>, I discuss why I have my students do creative assignments &#8211; they encourage students to think critically and deeply about a topic, they learn how to communicate across a variety of platforms, and they develop highly sought after transferrable skills. I present two assignments: Evolutionary Forces Infographic and Primate Podcast\/YouTube Video. For each, I provide details on assignment goals, guidelines, resources, and assessment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also present examples of student work (with their permission, of course) and potential assignment modifications. However, I must say, it delights me beyond belief to be able to highlight the excellent work my students have done. Their receptivity of these unusual assignments is key to success and key to their learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find more creative assignments and examples of student work <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cara-ocobock\/teaching\/teaching-assignments\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"102\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a new paper out in the Teaching and Learning Anthropology Journal! In this article, I discuss why I have my students do creative assignments &#8211; they encourage students to think critically and deeply about a topic, they learn how to communicate across a variety of platforms, and they develop highly sought after transferrable &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cara-ocobock\/2021\/01\/05\/encouraging-creativity-critical-thinking-transferrable-skills\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Encouraging Creativity, Critical Thinking, &amp; Transferrable Skills&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3542,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11838,24899,391200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home","category-publications","category-teaching-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cara-ocobock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cara-ocobock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cara-ocobock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cara-ocobock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cara-ocobock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cara-ocobock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":779,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cara-ocobock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776\/revisions\/779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cara-ocobock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cara-ocobock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cara-ocobock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}