Creative Actions

To become creative educators, teachers need evidence-based strategies in the classroom. Combining cutting-edge research, lesson plans, templates, and tips from real teachers around the world, this book is an indispensable resource needed for your professional library. Chapters for school leaders and parents to support creativity and for students to become creative, independent learners make this a must-have book for educators.

K–12 teachers and leaders will:

• Discover new strategies for the classroom and build on their success
• Learn the research supporting creative competency and why many countries have implemented it into their curricula
• Utilize practical solutions for the potential challenges of adopting a creative process
• Examine how social and physical environments foster creativity and how teacher-student interactions help or hinder it
• Design assessments with clearly defined learning goals that target essential creative skills

Contents:
Preface
Chapter 1: The History of Creativity and of Creativity in Education
Chapter 2: Myths and Barriers to Creativity in Education
Chapter 3: The Creative Place
Chapter 4: The Creative Person
Chapter 5: The Creative Process
Chapter 6: Evaluating Creativity
Chapter 7: The Creative School
Chapter 8: The Creative Independent Learner
Chapter 9: The Creative Parent
Chapter 10: Where to From Here?
References and Resources
Index