Developing Creative and Persuasive Skills through Games (Primary School Stream)

Workshop Summary:

This two half-day workshop is designed to develop the creative and persuasive skills of gifted students using a game-based approach. Students will learn about the theories of creativity & persuasion, and how they can be applied in their studies and daily life. A series of fun and challenging games will be introduced and analysed to challenge students to extend their creative and persuasive skills through the topics below:

Creativity:

• What is creativity and how can we become more creative?

• How are games designed and what makes them so fun?

• How can we apply creativity in English and Maths, and daily life?

Persuasive skills:

• How can we effectively explain something we like and enjoy to people who know nothing about it?

• How can we present ourselves as a confident person without sounding proud and arrogant?

• How do we convince others about our ideas and point of views?

The workshop will be led by Ms Wong and Dr Kwok:

· Ms Wong is a high school English teacher in Sydney and a tutor and mentor for gifted students worldwide from countries including Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, and the UK. Ms Wong is the Gifted Education Advisor of Mensa NSW and graduated with a Masters Degree in Gifted Education from UNSW with excellence.

· Dr Kwok is both an experienced educator and a gifted individual himself. He has a Phd from UNSW, is a member of Mensa and achieved an ATAR equivalent of 99+.