Background: This paper focuses on the importance of creativity and innovation in teaching methodology. Educators who are creative and innovative usually are not afraid to take the risks in trying out the many possible methods in teaching. They will always find new ideas, approaches or actions in order to make their lessons interesting, meaningful and beneficial. This is important because as educators we cannot be passive, orthodox and pessimistic in accepting new ideas. Innovation and creativity are crucial in teaching because they are interrelated. Both are needed to be implemented in the teaching and learning process because through these two concepts we can develop human capital as intended and stated in most curriculum. Objectives: There are many innovations in teaching methodologies that we can adopt and adapt. In this paper we are going to look at a methodology using Reader’s Theatre in a law classroom to discuss and understand the judicial decisions (court case). A law lecturer collaborates with an English Language lecturer to help the law students understand better when discussing the judicial court case. This study has been carried out among the foundation law students at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kuantan campus. Results: The findings indicated that the students responded very well to this new methodology when discussing the court case. The students when asked said that they like the Reader’s Theatre activity where it could help them understand better the content of the judicial court case and thus, it promotes and motivates them reading the case. Not only the students are able to understand the judicial court case, Reader’s Theatre also helps students to be more fluent in using the English Language. Conclusion: This collaborative effort between the two lecturers has proven that they could develop a creative and innovative teaching methodology across the disciplines.
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To Cite this Article: Kadir, N. A., Ismail, J., Yaacob, Z., & Subki, R. N. (2018). Reader’s Theatre: A Creative and Innovative Teaching Methodology Across the Disciplines. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 8(11), 2122–2130.
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