Creative Teaching Methods
Welcome to Michelle Korenfeld's website -
author, painter, poet, lifelong creativity educator
creativity researcher for the past 20 years
developer of teaching strategies for creative problem solving in AI times
promoting education for innovation
Collaborations
A little about Michelle and a lot about creativity...
Michelle Korenfeld - author, painter, poet, lifelong educator and creativity researcher for the past 20 years, Dean's excellence in Education leadership, administration and policy MA, brings a fresh breeze to the learning school bag, with critical and creative thinking, collaboration and communication throughout the learning rainbow.
Wrote 10 creativity learning books - writing, drawing and painting. Believes that much of the social-emotional problems are based on aggression that derives from stifled creativity. To free such creative thinking, we need to construct creative learning opportunities for self-expression that lead to excellence, through self-directedness that comes from teachers believing in children's and youth's strengths.
Recommendations
"Michelle has a very picturesque and fascinating way of talking, illustrating and sharing with her audience.
I was amazed, learned and laughed."
Ellen Coronet, workshop participant at the Florida Creativity Conference.
"The qualities of critical and creative thinking, the acquisition of knowledge and appreciation for nature and science stand out throughout the book and will lead to learning."
Joan F. Smutny, founder of the Center for Gifted and Midwest Torrance Center for Creativity, Illinois, USA.
"Excellent, well designed! Great details".
"She is a very special creative leader".
"The only wow I gave."
Participants in the deep-dive workshop at the Creative Education Foundation's CPSI conference, University at Buffalo, New York.
"Michelle, with her rich background in creativity education, makes a compelling case for a more holistic and joyful approach to teaching. The book masterfully outlines how to blend AI with our innate human qualities to elevate creative learning."
Efraim Lerner - Education consultant unlocking human potential in education's AI era.
Michelangelo in the 21st Century book review
"For years I beheld Michelle Koreneld’s facilitating and researching skills. We profoundly conversed toward the lessons she taught at the Dr Erica Landau Institute, when she crystalized her strategy, and toward writing her books. I was deeply impressed by the teaching-learning skills her books trans-disciplinarily provide basis for, while weaving non-formal educational methods into formal education and leveraging students’ curiosity toward enquiry and meaningful learning.
Michelle strongly believes in the strengths treasured in todays’ teachers and students. Michelle consolidated the teaching-learning methods she developed and researched during her academic studies into the Innovation E’s –
5 principles: Explore, Experience, Evaluate, Elevate, Express. I identify with these principles wholeheartedly and believe they will open up new horizons of creativity and excellence to students."
Dr. Moshe Rishpon,
Founder of The Science Oriented Youth Department and The Clore Garden of Science in The Weizmann Instititue.
"Creative thinking is an important tool in the development of children, youth, students, and even adults.
As someone who knows Michelle Korenfeld, I can attest to her lifelong work. As someone from the nature and environment field, I am thrilled to see the way Michelle weaves the natural world into the program.
I am sure whomever experiences the program, will be enriched."
Dorit Wolenitz - Chair of ICOM NATHIST
The International Committee for Museums and Collections of Natural History of the International Council of Museums