Creative Actions
Description
We believe that schools can significantly improve the creative competencies of both teachers and students by leveraging assets they already have, learning a few new things and striving for sensible and sustainable incremental change. In other words - slow food creativity rather than fast food creativity.
We also believe that teachers can learn a lot from each other, both within their own subjects but more importantly from teachers who teach other subjects. We have included examples from teachers and subjects around the world to show you that teachers have the capacity and curiosity to succeed. Our experience in schools shows us that teachers are willing and able to face the challenges and opportunities in building their competencies as creative educators, despite some of the barriers they are facing.
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Content
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
PREFACE
ABOUT THIS BOOK
CHAPTER 1 The history of creativity and of creativity in education
CHAPTER 2 Myths and barriers to creativity in education
CHAPTER 3 The creative place: How physical and social environments enhance creativity
CHAPTER 4 The creative person: What are the key attitudes and attributes of creativity?
CHAPTER 5 The creative process: From generating ideas to presenting solutions
CHAPTER 6 Evaluating creativity: Measuring and assessing the components of creativity
CHAPTER 7 The creative school: How can whole-school climate build organisational creativity?
CHAPTER 8 The creative independent learner: Being creative inside and outside the classroom
CHAPTER 9 The creative parent: How can families build creative competencies in their children?
CHAPTER 10 Where to from here?
REFERENCES
INDEX
