A Toolkit for Creative Teaching in Post-Compulsory Education

✍ Scribed by Linda Eastwood, Jennie Coates, Liz Dixon, Josie Harvey, Chris Ormondroyd, Sarah Williamson

• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 142
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Are you looking for ways to encourage learners to think more creatively? Do you need ideas for fun and engaging activities for individuals and groups? Would you like a practical step-by-step guide written by practitioners for practitioners? YES? Then this is the book for you! This is the essential resource for trainees and teachers working in the PCET sector who are looking for new and creative ways of engaging and motivating their learners. The book contains 50 brilliant activities that can be used in a variety of settings and applied to different subject areas. The authors give specific details relating to planning, preparation and implementation for each activity and, in addition, suggest a whole range of further variations for each activity to try out too! Key features include: 50 practical and innovative teaching activities Practical tips to get the most from each activity Variations and subject-specific examples Thinking Points to encourage reflection What Next signposts to further reading A theoretical framework which sets the activities within the context of creativity and innovation A Toolkit for Creative Teaching in Post-Compulsory Education is an essential handbook for teacher training students and for new and experienced teachers undertaking Professional Development.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 4
List of Contributors......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
PART I Practical Activities......Page 16
1 Text-Free Teaching......Page 18
2 Radio Interviews......Page 21
3 Who Do You Think You Are?......Page 23
4 Dominoes......Page 25
5 In the Bag......Page 27
6 Using Models and Metaphors......Page 29
7 The Learning Cafe´......Page 32
8 On the One Hand......Page 34
9 Learning Laundry Line......Page 36
10 Terminology Bingo......Page 38
11 A Card to Remember......Page 40
12 Menu Cards......Page 42
13 Learning Party......Page 44
14 Board Games......Page 46
15 Odd Opposites......Page 49
16 Get Physical......Page 51
17 Learning Carousel......Page 53
18 Using Recipes......Page 55
19 Censored!......Page 57
20 I’m in Charge......Page 59
21 Speed Networking......Page 61
22 Organizing an Event......Page 63
23 Rainbow Groups......Page 66
24 Just a Minute......Page 68
25 Film Festival......Page 70
26 Explain to the Aliens......Page 72
27 E-Treasure Hunt......Page 74
28 Jigsaws......Page 76
29 Problem Page......Page 78
30 Using Puppets......Page 80
31 Learning Landscapes......Page 82
32 Memory Box......Page 84
33 Learning Dice......Page 86
34 Learning Ladders......Page 89
35 Roving Reporters......Page 91
36 In the Frame......Page 93
37 In the Mood for Music......Page 95
38 Web Chat: Online Discussion Groups......Page 98
39 Changing Rooms......Page 102
40 Character Biography Cards......Page 105
41 Wear Your Learning......Page 107
42 Headaches and Aspirins......Page 109
43 Wikis at Work......Page 111
44 Paper Chains......Page 113
45 Cluster Cards......Page 115
46 Market Square......Page 117
47 Learning Mats......Page 120
48 Learning Museums......Page 122
49 Ask the Expert......Page 124
50 Inside Outside......Page 126
PART II Theoretical Framework......Page 128
Creativity......Page 130
Bibliography......Page 136
Index......Page 138