Killing ideas softly? : the promise and perils of creativity in the classroom

• Main Author: Beghetto, Ronald A. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : IAP, Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2013]
• Subjects: Creative thinking > Study and teaching.; Creative ability.; Education > Teaching > Subjects > Arts & Humanities.; Educational: Memory skills and creative thinking.; Teaching of a specific subject.; Educational: Arts, general.; Educational: Humanities and social sciences, general.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806613533
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-62396-366-8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 164 pages) : illustrations

Creativity is a hot topic in education. As such, there is no shortage of insights or suggestions for how teachers might incorporate creativity into their curriculum. Wading through these suggestions can, however, be quite daunting. This is because many of these suggestions imply that teachers need t...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Part I. The promise of creativity in the classroom
• Chapter 1. What is creativity?
• Chapter 2. Creative micromoments
• Chapter 3. The connection between creativity and learning
• Part II. The perils of schooling
• Chapter 4. The convergent nature of schooling
• Chapter 5. Soft dismissals and other inherited patterns of classroom talk
• Chapter 6. Creative mortification
• Part III. Realizing the creative potential of the classroom
• Chapter 7. Toward creativity conducive classroom environments
• Chapter 8. Small wins: Incorporating creativity into the everyday curriculum
• Chapter 9. Carrying creativity foreword: A distillation of instructional reminders and resources
• References
• Index.