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Teaching Creatively and Teaching Creativity
Mary Banks Gregerson, Heather T. Snyder, and James C. Kaufman, editors
In this age of standardized testing, No Child Left Behind, and the race to keep up with other nations, some may question whether creativity should be taught in the schools. Indeed, many may doubt that creativity can be taught at all--that either a student has it, or not. The contributors to Teaching Creatively and Teaching Creativity address these issues with innovative flair, offering an engaging user's manual for inventive pedagogy. Recognizing that creativity is a core attribute of being competitive, the book illustrates creative teaching in all its possibilities--in developing curricula, in designing assignments, and hands-on in the classroom. Examples span the grade levels from K to graduate, and the disciplines, including psychology, music, science, art, and forensics. The result: a creative continuum as educators enhance their own creativity and unleash that of their students. Included in the coverage:
Facilitating creativity in the classroom: professional development for K-12 instructors.Shaping creative attitudes in teachers and students.Cognitive aspects of learning: science learning through serious educational games.The global reach of creative lifelong learning skills for graduate, law, and medical students.Teaching for creativity in the micro-moment.Creative ideas for actualizing student potential. Teaching Creatively and Teaching Creativity is an inspiring volume that will spark the imaginations of preschool teachers, K-12 educators, and professors in psychology, education, and other disciplines looking for ways to teach innovatively and advance creativity in their students. Undergraduate and graduate students planning teaching careers will also find it of interest.
List of contents
Introduction.- Facilitating creativity in the classroom: Professional development for K-12 teachers.- Teaching for Creativity: How to shape creative attitudes in teachers and in students.- The art in action in project.- Cognitive aspects of creativity: Science learning through serious educational games.- Creatively teaching introductory psychology in liberal arts institutions.- the global reach of creative lifelong learning skills for graduate, law, and medical students.- Teaching music theory fundamentals creatively.- New directions in teaching forensic psychology.- Creative ideas for actualizing student potential.- Expect the unexpected: Teaching for creativity in the micromoments.- Personal stories, critical moments, and playback theater.- Designing creative assignments: Examples of journal assignments and a creative project.- Teaching for creativity: Domains and divergent thinking, intrinsic motivation, and evaluation.- Conclusion.
About the author
Dr. Mary Gregerson, a psychologist with specialties in health, environment, and media psychology, has published and presented nationally an internationally on the subject of psychology and film.§In addition, Dr. Gregerson's critiques of films have been published in print and on the Internet. She has also consulted with theater, television, and film in both the direct portrayals of psychology and psychologists as well as the more subtle integration of psychology into character, plot, and action elements.
Summary
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.
