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Creativity in the classroom : case studies in using the arts in teaching and learning in higher education / edited by Paul McIntosh and Digby Warren.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Creative thinking.
- Education, Higher.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Intellect, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The aim of this book is to present alternatives to this instrumentalism and its impact upon critical thinking and learning. It provides illustrations that through the use of the creative arts and humanities, flexible and creative teaching and learning can take place that goes beyond the delivery of pre-existing knowledge and enables critiques of socially constructed thinking at various levels. This approach can foster deeper awareness of self, one another and the world, richer engagement with study, greater confidence and resilience. In essence, the teaching methods illustrated in this book pr
- Contents:
- pt. I. Encouraging creativity in the classroom
- pt. II. Using performance
- pt. III. Using poetry
- pt. IV. Using imagery
- pt. V. Learning technologies and assessment.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781841507880
- 1841507881
- OCLC:
- 828621068
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