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Avoiding repetition
5. Creative teachers are familiar with a wide
range of strategies and techniques
Creativity in teaching means having a
wide repertoire of routines and strategies
which teachers can call upon, as well as
being ready to depart from established
procedures and to use one’s own
solutions.
Varying tasks and activities
6. Creative teachers are risk-takers
Pausing to rethink
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