Creative teaching for all : in the box, out of the box, and off the walls / Jack Zevin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zevin, Jack.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teaching.

Creative teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, 2013.

Summary:

Highlights of the book: Explores and expands opportunities for engaging student conversation and ideas Adds variety and depth to your teaching methods Hone questioning and critical thinking skills Move from lower to higher levelsReinvent ins

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I. CREATIVE TEACHING IN THE BOX, OUT OF THE BOX, AND OFF THE WALLS; Chapter 1. Creativity and Creative Teaching Defined; Chapter 2. Work and Play, Play and Work: The Genesis of Creativity; Chapter 3. Creative Teaching and Learning: Theory and Practice; Chapter 4. Dimensions of Distraction and Invention; Chapter 5. Engines for Creative Teaching; Part II. ENGINES OF CREATIVITY; Chapter 6. Attention Awakened: The Power of Observation and Participation; Chapter 7. Ideas Aroused: Formulating Definitions and Building Analogies

Chapter 8. Investigations Stimulated: From Puzzlement to Perplexity, Grasping the MysteriousChapter 9. Viewpoints Explored: Different Perspectives and Conflicting Interpretations; Chapter 10. Judgments Provoked: Apathy to Empathy, Assessment to Commitment, and Evaluation to Moral Choice; Chapter 11. The Rules and Rationale for Creativity in the Twenty-first Century and Beyond: A "Political Economy" for Creative Classrooms

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-299-28228-8

1-61048-404-5

OCLC:

842900408