Teaching at UW: Fostering Creativity & Risk-taking
Center for Teaching, Learning & Mentoring
Event Details
Date
Friday, March 20, 2026
Time
12-1:30 p.m.
Location
Description
Explore transdisciplinary instructional behaviors that cultivate openness, risk-taking, and inclusion – the “soft structures” that support belonging and creative development in college classrooms. Join CTLM's John Martin, Ph.D., as he unpacks six dimensions of creativity-fostering behavior and examine teaching strategies such as encouraging autonomy, normalizing productive failure, creating spaces for risk and reflective feedback.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please email julie.johnson@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Reasonable effort will be made to support your request.