On Wednesday, the 4th of October, 2023, in the presence of Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University, the Dean of Erbil Technical Administration Institute, the Director of the Scientific Research Center, and several directors of the university a scientific panel entitled (How to develop creativity in the classroom?) was held at the Cultural Center of the Erbil Polytechnic University for the lecturers of technical colleges and institutes.
At the beginning of the panel, the university Rector delivered a speech in which he welcomed the guests and said: “First of all, on behalf of the Presidency of the Erbil Polytechnic University and the University Council, I would like to welcome Dr. Abdulsalam Madani, Dr. Farhad Ali, Mr. Abdullah Saleh and Mr. Zanyar Jabar who are our teachers and today they will hold a panel together. We also welcome the teachers of the Erbil Polytechnic University who are present with us today to participate in this panel. Dear teachers, what I want to say is that university teachers constantly need to develop their skills. In my perspective, university teachers are always teachers and learners, which means they are teachers and students at the same time. They must constantly work to learn because his job is to be a teacher and teach students, so we must constantly be able to develop the skills of our university teachers. In this regard, today with the assistance of Creativity Week in Iraq, we perform an activity which is supervised by our teacher, Mr. Zanyar Jabar. We are pleased to be able to hold a panel today on a very important topic for teachers, which is an innovative topic on how teachers can be creative in the classroom. Therefore, we thought it necessary to make our teachers in the Erbil Polytechnic University be more familiar with this subject. If a teacher can be crreative in his teaching methods and goals in the classroom, we can call him a successful teacher. Then his students will be more successful and comfortable than the students of other teachers I hope that teachers can benefit from this panel today. As the university presidency, we will continue to hold such courses, panels, seminars, and activities for our teachers to benefit from. Welcome again and hope you enjoy.”
Then the panel consisted of several topics and was presented in a detailed and scientific manner by the panelists to the audience. Then the panelists opened the door of discussion for the teachers and they directed their questions, comments, criticisms and suggestions that were answered by the panelists.
At the end of the panel, teachers were asked to answer these questions through a form to further enrich the activity.
What is creativity and why is it important?
What is the role of creativity in education?
Why should take creativity into great consideration in universities?
How can teachers foster a culture of creativity and innovation within their classrooms? To encourage creativity in an organized process?
It is worth mentioning that the Rector presented the certificates of appreciation to the panelists including Dr. Abdulsalam Madani, Dr. Farhad Ali, Mr. Zanyar Jabbar, and Mr. Abdullah Saleh.
