Transformers
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Description
"This book combats the stagnation of creativity in an era of increased accountability through standardized testing. It is an exceptionally well written, comprehensive book that will appeal to a variety of readers."
—Beth Madison, Principal
George Middle School, Portland, OR
Discover how thinking and acting creatively can influence both teaching and learning!
Creativity is a vital part of living for everyone—and for teachers and students, it's a requirement for success in the 21st century. Built on that core belief, this inspiring book provides teachers with a step-by-step plan for accessing their own creative resources and cultivating a more creative teaching practice.
Offering a breakdown of the creative process as it applies to both lesson building and delivery, the author provides a range of applications, examples, and strategies across multiple content areas and grade levels. This practical resource helps teachers and administrators:
- Gain confidence in their own ability to teach from their strengths and to elicit students' strengths and creativity
- Access their ability to think and act more creatively in the classroom
- Enhance learning by engaging, motivating, and inspiring students with an array of research-based, creative teaching strategies
- Learn how to identify creativity that furthers educational goals
- Discover how the power of technology can help facilitate creative thinking
Use creativity to transform your teaching practices and prepare your students for the challenges of today and tomorrow!
Contents
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Author
Prologue #1: An Elementary Teacher Speaks Out About Creativity
- 1. What Teachers and Students Have to Say About Creativity: An Introduction
- 41 Creative Ideas
- Teachers Voice Their Creative Blocks
- Jump Starting Student Creativity: Making Mind Maps
- This Is Not the "Crayola Curriculum"
- Student Blocks to Creativity
- A Past Student's E-mail on Creativity
Prologue #2: Before We Begin . . . Get Out Your Notebook!
- 2. What Is, What Isn't Creativity?
- An Overview of Preconceptions
- Worshipping at the Altar of Right Answers
- Making Mistakes
- Specific Methods of Creative Behavior
Prologue #3: 20 Keys to a More Creative Classroom
- 3. Memoir of a Creative Career (Abridged)
- My First Creative Teacher
- A First-Year Teacher
- My Home Teaching Days
- Back to the Traditional Classroom
- Early Years at Francis Howell School District
- Teaching Skills as Well as Content
- My Repeaters on Grammar Patrol
Prologue #4: The Creative Teacher's Bill of Rights
- 4. What's Going On?
- Side Effects of the Mandated Testing Phenomenon
- The Whole Child, The Whole Teacher
- Teaching the Whole Brain
- The Necessity of Teacher Empowerment
- Needs of the 21st Century, Glaringly Visible
- Dropouts and High Achievers
Prologue #5: Affirmations: One Way to Rewire You for the Creativity You'll Need for the 21st Century
- 5. Links Between Creativity and Research-Based Instruction
- Brain Research: A Gold Mine for Creative Strategies
- Novelty
- Meaning and Choice
- Challenge Without Threat
- Visualization
- Emotions and Bodies
Prologue #6: Letter From Arthur Costa
- 6. Transformational Journey: From the Inside Out
- The Saturday/Sunday Kings and Queens
- You, the Saturday/Sunday King or Queen
- Transformational Stages
- Our Hero's Journey: Moving Toward Ownership
- Your Questions: The Main Tool of Transformers
- Creative Thinking Versus Critical Thinking
- Thinking in Metaphor
- More Powerful Metaphors
- Frames, Narratives, Scripts: How We Think
Prologue #7: The Administrator's Creativity Checklist
- 7. The Administrator's Role in Providing a Creative Environment
- Metaphor and School Transformation, by Linda Henke
- An Informal Ethnographic Study
- School Culture
- School as Factory
- The Search for New Metaphors
- Reframing Beliefs at MRH
Prologue #8: Leslie Wilson's Thinking Patterns That Help Create New Ideas
- 8. What Can We Do to Strengthen Our Creative Muscles?
- For Ourselves?the Gift of Surprise
- Mindfulness, Awareness, and All That Good Stuff
- Begin With Fostering Creative Courage
- Let's Look at Fear for a Moment
- Respecting the Need to Make Time for Yourself
- How to Help Your Fellow Teachers
Prologue #9: Our Tiny Digital Natives
- 9. Technology and the Creative Classroom
- Swimming in a Technological Environment, by John Ross
- Connecting Technology and Creativity: National Trends
- Promoting Student Creativity With Technology
- Becoming a More Creative Teacher With Technology
Prologue #10: Rules for Lady Teachers in 1915
- 10. Transforming Teaching Through Creativity for the 21st Century
- The Last Time
- A Look at Possible Future Transformation
- The Past as of 1970
- What Does the Public Think We Should Be Doing?
- Welcome to Our Brave New Right-Brained World
- Every Teacher a Creative Teacher
- References
- Index
Description
"This book combats the stagnation of creativity in an era of increased accountability through standardized testing. It is an exceptionally well written, comprehensive book that will appeal to a variety of readers."
—Beth Madison, Principal
George Middle School, Portland, OR
Discover how thinking and acting creatively can influence both teaching and learning!
Creativity is a vital part of living for everyone—and for teachers and students, it's a requirement for success in the 21st century. Built on that core belief, this inspiring book provides teachers with a step-by-step plan for accessing their own creative resources and cultivating a more creative teaching practice.
Offering a breakdown of the creative process as it applies to both lesson building and delivery, the author provides a range of applications, examples, and strategies across multiple content areas and grade levels. This practical resource helps teachers and administrators:
- Gain confidence in their own ability to teach from their strengths and to elicit students' strengths and creativity
- Access their ability to think and act more creatively in the classroom
- Enhance learning by engaging, motivating, and inspiring students with an array of research-based, creative teaching strategies
- Learn how to identify creativity that furthers educational goals
- Discover how the power of technology can help facilitate creative thinking
Use creativity to transform your teaching practices and prepare your students for the challenges of today and tomorrow!
Contents
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Author
Prologue #1: An Elementary Teacher Speaks Out About Creativity
- 1. What Teachers and Students Have to Say About Creativity: An Introduction
- 41 Creative Ideas
- Teachers Voice Their Creative Blocks
- Jump Starting Student Creativity: Making Mind Maps
- This Is Not the "Crayola Curriculum"
- Student Blocks to Creativity
- A Past Student's E-mail on Creativity
Prologue #2: Before We Begin . . . Get Out Your Notebook!
- 2. What Is, What Isn't Creativity?
- An Overview of Preconceptions
- Worshipping at the Altar of Right Answers
- Making Mistakes
- Specific Methods of Creative Behavior
Prologue #3: 20 Keys to a More Creative Classroom
- 3. Memoir of a Creative Career (Abridged)
- My First Creative Teacher
- A First-Year Teacher
- My Home Teaching Days
- Back to the Traditional Classroom
- Early Years at Francis Howell School District
- Teaching Skills as Well as Content
- My Repeaters on Grammar Patrol
Prologue #4: The Creative Teacher's Bill of Rights
- 4. What's Going On?
- Side Effects of the Mandated Testing Phenomenon
- The Whole Child, The Whole Teacher
- Teaching the Whole Brain
- The Necessity of Teacher Empowerment
- Needs of the 21st Century, Glaringly Visible
- Dropouts and High Achievers
Prologue #5: Affirmations: One Way to Rewire You for the Creativity You'll Need for the 21st Century
- 5. Links Between Creativity and Research-Based Instruction
- Brain Research: A Gold Mine for Creative Strategies
- Novelty
- Meaning and Choice
- Challenge Without Threat
- Visualization
- Emotions and Bodies
Prologue #6: Letter From Arthur Costa
- 6. Transformational Journey: From the Inside Out
- The Saturday/Sunday Kings and Queens
- You, the Saturday/Sunday King or Queen
- Transformational Stages
- Our Hero's Journey: Moving Toward Ownership
- Your Questions: The Main Tool of Transformers
- Creative Thinking Versus Critical Thinking
- Thinking in Metaphor
- More Powerful Metaphors
- Frames, Narratives, Scripts: How We Think
Prologue #7: The Administrator's Creativity Checklist
- 7. The Administrator's Role in Providing a Creative Environment
- Metaphor and School Transformation, by Linda Henke
- An Informal Ethnographic Study
- School Culture
- School as Factory
- The Search for New Metaphors
- Reframing Beliefs at MRH
Prologue #8: Leslie Wilson's Thinking Patterns That Help Create New Ideas
- 8. What Can We Do to Strengthen Our Creative Muscles?
- For Ourselves?the Gift of Surprise
- Mindfulness, Awareness, and All That Good Stuff
- Begin With Fostering Creative Courage
- Let's Look at Fear for a Moment
- Respecting the Need to Make Time for Yourself
- How to Help Your Fellow Teachers
Prologue #9: Our Tiny Digital Natives
- 9. Technology and the Creative Classroom
- Swimming in a Technological Environment, by John Ross
- Connecting Technology and Creativity: National Trends
- Promoting Student Creativity With Technology
- Becoming a More Creative Teacher With Technology
Prologue #10: Rules for Lady Teachers in 1915
- 10. Transforming Teaching Through Creativity for the 21st Century
- The Last Time
- A Look at Possible Future Transformation
- The Past as of 1970
- What Does the Public Think We Should Be Doing?
- Welcome to Our Brave New Right-Brained World
- Every Teacher a Creative Teacher
- References
- Index
Reviews
June 2009 | 216 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 27/02/2023 | 9781412971126 | $40.95 |
| Lifetime | 27/02/2023 | 9781452273402 | $37.00 |
"This book combats the stagnation of creativity in an era of increased accountability through standardized testing. It is an exceptionally well written, comprehensive book that will appeal to a variety of readers."
—Beth Madison, Principal
George Middle School, Portland, OR
Discover how thinking and acting creatively can influence both teaching and learning!
Creativity is a vital part of living for everyone—and for teachers and students, it's a requirement for success in the 21st century. Built on that core belief, this inspiring book provides teachers with a step-by-step plan for accessing their own creative resources and cultivating a more creative teaching practice.
Offering a breakdown of the creative process as it applies to both lesson building and delivery, the author provides a range of applications, examples, and strategies across multiple content areas and grade levels. This practical resource helps teachers and administrators:
- Gain confidence in their own ability to teach from their strengths and to elicit students' strengths and creativity
- Access their ability to think and act more creatively in the classroom
- Enhance learning by engaging, motivating, and inspiring students with an array of research-based, creative teaching strategies
- Learn how to identify creativity that furthers educational goals
- Discover how the power of technology can help facilitate creative thinking
Use creativity to transform your teaching practices and prepare your students for the challenges of today and tomorrow!
Table Of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Prologue #1: An Elementary Teacher Speaks Out About Creativity
- 1. What Teachers and Students Have to Say About Creativity: An Introduction
- 41 Creative Ideas
- Teachers Voice Their Creative Blocks
- Jump Starting Student Creativity: Making Mind Maps
- This Is Not the "Crayola Curriculum"
- Student Blocks to Creativity
- A Past Student's E-mail on Creativity
- Prologue #2: Before We Begin . . . Get Out Your Notebook!
- 2. What Is, What Isn't Creativity?
- An Overview of Preconceptions
- Worshipping at the Altar of Right Answers
- Making Mistakes
- Specific Methods of Creative Behavior
- Prologue #3: 20 Keys to a More Creative Classroom
- 3. Memoir of a Creative Career (Abridged)
- My First Creative Teacher
- A First-Year Teacher
- My Home Teaching Days
- Back to the Traditional Classroom
- Early Years at Francis Howell School District
- Teaching Skills as Well as Content
- My Repeaters on Grammar Patrol
- Prologue #4: The Creative Teacher's Bill of Rights
- 4. What's Going On?
- Side Effects of the Mandated Testing Phenomenon
- The Whole Child, The Whole Teacher
- Teaching the Whole Brain
- The Necessity of Teacher Empowerment
- Needs of the 21st Century, Glaringly Visible
- Dropouts and High Achievers
- Prologue #5: Affirmations: One Way to Rewire You for the Creativity You'll Need for the 21st Century
- 5. Links Between Creativity and Research-Based Instruction
- Brain Research: A Gold Mine for Creative Strategies
- Novelty
- Meaning and Choice
- Challenge Without Threat
- Visualization
- Emotions and Bodies
- Prologue #6: Letter From Arthur Costa
- 6. Transformational Journey: From the Inside Out
- The Saturday/Sunday Kings and Queens
- You, the Saturday/Sunday King or Queen
- Transformational Stages
- Our Hero's Journey: Moving Toward Ownership
- Your Questions: The Main Tool of Transformers
- Creative Thinking Versus Critical Thinking
- Thinking in Metaphor
- More Powerful Metaphors
- Frames, Narratives, Scripts: How We Think
- Prologue #7: The Administrator's Creativity Checklist
- 7. The Administrator's Role in Providing a Creative Environment
- Metaphor and School Transformation, by Linda Henke
- An Informal Ethnographic Study
- School Culture
- School as Factory
- The Search for New Metaphors
- Reframing Beliefs at MRH
- Prologue #8: Leslie Wilson's Thinking Patterns That Help Create New Ideas
- 8. What Can We Do to Strengthen Our Creative Muscles?
- For Ourselves?the Gift of Surprise
- Mindfulness, Awareness, and All That Good Stuff
- Begin With Fostering Creative Courage
- Let's Look at Fear for a Moment
- Respecting the Need to Make Time for Yourself
- How to Help Your Fellow Teachers
- Prologue #9: Our Tiny Digital Natives
- 9. Technology and the Creative Classroom
- Swimming in a Technological Environment, by John Ross
- Connecting Technology and Creativity: National Trends
- Promoting Student Creativity With Technology
- Becoming a More Creative Teacher With Technology
- Prologue #10: Rules for Lady Teachers in 1915
- 10. Transforming Teaching Through Creativity for the 21st Century
- The Last Time
- A Look at Possible Future Transformation
- The Past as of 1970
- What Does the Public Think We Should Be Doing?
- Welcome to Our Brave New Right-Brained World
- Every Teacher a Creative Teacher
- References
- Index