Creativity : a handbook for teachers / editor, Ai-Girl Tan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tan, Ai-Girl.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative ability--Study and teaching.

Creative ability.

Creative thinking--Study and teaching.

Creative thinking.

Creative ability in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (lix, 586 pages) : illustrations (some colour)

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Creativity: A Handbook for Teachers covers topics related to creativity research, development, theories and practices. It serves as a reference for academics, teacher educators, teachers, and scientists to stimulate further ""dialogue"" on ways to enhance creativity.

Contents:

Foreword : encouraging creativity in education / Mark A. Runco

Foreword : creating a world of possibilities : indigenous and cultural perspectives / Uichol Kim

Preface : the multiple roles of educators in children's creativity / Thomas B. Ward

Introduction : creativity for teachers / Ai-Girl Tan

Chapter 1. Creativity as a habit / Robert Sternberg

Chapter 2. Creativity and motivation in the classroom : a social psychological and multi-cultural perspective / Beth A. Hennessey

Chapter 3. High ability and creativity : conceptual and developmental perspectives / Kurt A. Heller

Chapter 4. Creativity and its cultivation / Jiannong Shi, Xiaojun Qu and Tongran Liu

Chapter 5. The biological basis of creativity / Martin Reuter

Chapter 6. Creativity research and the classroom : from pitfalls to potential / Ronald A. Beghetto

Chapter 7. The two Torrance creativity tests : the Torrance tests of creative thinking and thinking creatively in action and movement / Kyung-Hee Kim

Chapter 8. Identification of talents / Christoph Perleth and Annett Wilde

Chapter 9. Assessing creativity : a componential model / Klaus K. Urban

Chapter 10. Education toward the future : asking questions / Erika Landau

Chapter 11. Creativity in special education / Ching-Chih Kuo

Chapter 12. Using assessment to foster creativity / Arthur Cropley and David Cropley

Chapter 13. Possibility thinking in the early years and primary classroom / Anna Craft

Chapter 14. Training methods of creative learning and practice / Horst Kasper

Chapter 15. Use of word symbol puzzles to foster creativity among students / R. Subramaniam, Ngoh-Khang Goh and Lian-Sai Chia

Chapter 16. Enhancing thinking and leadership skills through creative problem solving / Gerard J. Puccio and Susan Keller-Mathers

Chapter 17. Cultivating critical and creative thinking skills / Siew-Lang Kong

Chapter 18. The Japanese creativity education and creativity techniques : a perspective from the enterprise / Makoto Takahashi

Chapter 19. Academic and global contexts for creativity : interdisciplinary perspectives / Donald Ambrose

Chapter 20. Technology-enhanced creativity / Effie Lai-Chong Law

Chapter 21. Programmer creativity / Gary Greenfield

Chapter 22. Automated assessment of creative solutions in mathematics through comparative parsing / Nava L. Livne, Oren E. Livne and Charles A. Wight

Chapter 23. Fostering creative behavior in the Asian classroom : the role of self-regulatory and self processes / Wan-Har Chong

Chapter 24. Promoting children's personal strengths : positive psychology goes to school / Albert Kienfie Liau

Chapter 25. Creativity in rehabilitation psychology / Chih-Chin Chou, Julie Chronistor and Fong Chan

Chapter 26. Constructive creativity in education / Ai-Girl Tan and Shyh-Shin Wong

Chapter 27. Creativity and the brain / Wodzisaw Duch

Chapter 28. Culture and creativity in organizations : an integration of commonalities, divergences, and levels / Keith James and Jacob Eisenberg

Epilogue : creativity research, ethics and health / Ai-Girl Tan, Lai-Chong Law and Shyh-Shin Wong.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786611121006

9781281121004

1281121002

9789812770868

9812770860

OCLC:

476099968