Creative openings refer to unexpected breaks in otherwise planned teaching interactions, which result in new and meaningful insights, perspectives and understandings.
The concept of creative openings builds on previous work that has endeavoured to highlight the creative potential of unplanned moments of teaching (Beghetto, 2013a, 2016a), how creativity is constructed in the dynamic moment-to-moment interactions between people in educational settings (Glăveanu & Beghetto, 2016) and how the sociomaterial features of situations impinge upon creative thought and action (Tanggaard & Beghetto, 2015).
Teaching is a socio-psychological act.
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