Teaching Creatively and Teaching Creativity

✍ Scribed by Susan Daniels (auth.), Mary Banks Gregerson, James C. Kaufman, Heather T. Snyder (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 206
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Creative teaching as well as teaching creativity are cutting edge issues in psychology today as recent academic and popular media coverage has shown. This volume expands on that interest with chapter authors drawn from interdisciplinary areas. It includes examples of creatively teaching across the education system, including preschool, K-12, undergraduate, and graduate level education. The variety of subjects covered by the chapters include psychology,math, science, and reading. In addition to creative teaching which may lead to enhanced learning and achievement in students, as well enhanced creativity,another focus is teaching with the objective to enhance creativity.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Facilitating Creativity in the Classroom: Professional Development for K12 Teachers....Pages 3-14
Teaching for Creativity: How to Shape Creative Attitudes in Teachers and in Students....Pages 15-35
The Art in Action Project....Pages 37-50
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Cognitive Aspects of Creativity: Science Learning Through Serious Educational Games....Pages 53-62
Creatively Teaching Introductory Psychology in Liberal Arts Institutions....Pages 63-70
The Global Reach of Creative Life Long Learning Skills for Graduate, Law, and Medical Students....Pages 71-85
Teaching Music Theory Fundamentals Creatively....Pages 87-100
New Directions in Teaching Forensic Psychology....Pages 101-115
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
Creative Ideas for Actualizing Student Potential....Pages 119-131
Expect the Unexpected: Teaching for Creativity in the Micromoments....Pages 133-148
Personal Stories, Critical Moments, and Playback Theater....Pages 149-162
Designing Creative Assignments: Examples of Journal Assignments and a Creative Project....Pages 163-173
Teaching for Creativity: Domains and Divergent Thinking, Intrinsic Motivation, and Evaluation....Pages 175-181
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
A Potential User’s Personal Perspective....Pages 185-191
Back Matter....Pages 193-198

✦ Subjects

Educational Psychology; Childhood Education; Child and School Psychology