Creativity: Enhancing Wellbeing and interactive Pedagogy Thr

Creativity is a significant 21st century skill. OpenTupa´s creativity course will provide you techniques to improve your own creativity as well as to gives you methods that help your students learn to see things from new perspectives and thereby develop their own creativity.

Creativity skills can be implemented in all subjects. OpenTupa's creativity course is taught by professionals in the arts and education sector, whose exercises the course participants can easily implement with their own students.

In the 5-day creativity course, OpenTupa's trainers bring ideas and exercises from their own fields to the course participants. The structure of the course is designed in such a way that specialists from different fields train on different days. Course participants receive elements from different art perspectives to develop creativity.

The course aims to strengthen participants’ ability to observe and use nature‑based and functional methods that support wellbeing, emotional skills and calm interaction in teaching. Through the weekly programme, participants learn to recognise how creativity, sensory experiences and time in natural environments influence focus, regulation and cooperation. They explore dog‑assisted teaching, emotional skills linked to colours and photography, and the role of forests and green spaces in supporting attention and recovery.

Participants gain experience in associative writing, sensory walks, gentle movement and observing animal behaviour during the farm visit. The Helsinki day introduces ways to identify nature elements in an urban setting. By the end of the course, participants can connect these approaches to their own teaching, understand the pedagogical value of nature‑based activities and select suitable methods to support students’ emotional awareness, interaction and everyday wellbein

The course uses functional, nature‑based and experiential methods. Teaching includes orientation activities, group discussions, review of the pre‑assignment and creativity practice outdoors. Participants work with dog‑assisted teaching, emotional skills, colour meanings and nature photography. Writing tasks, sensory observation, gentle movement and reflection on forests and green spaces support understanding of wellbeing and interaction. The farm visit provides guided observation of animal behaviour, human–animal connection and practical examples of welfare‑based environments. The final day in Helsinki focuses on recognising nature in an urban setting through orienteering and guided exploration.

Assessment is continuous and based on participation, observation and short reflections linked to each day’s activities. Participants consider how the methods experienced during the week can be adapted to their own teaching and summarise key insights at key insights at the end of the course.

The organiser provides basic materials such as paper and simple supplies for course tasks. Participants may use their own phone or laptop to access materials. Suitable outdoor clothing and comfortable shoes are needed for nature activities and the farm visit. All resources support the programme’s nature‑based and experiential work.

The course fee includes the full programme and all teaching according to the weekly schedule. Basic materials needed during the course are provided by the organiser. Travel, accommodation and meals are not included in the price. Participants may book accommodation directly at the course venue: https://www.tehtaanhotelli.fi/en/