Creativity in schools : tensions and dilemmas / Anna Craft.
"Creativity is experiencing a global revolution. Since the 1990s, in many countries, it has assumed increasing importance in the school curriculum, contrasting strongly with previous approaches to creativity in education. But whilst the tide of opportunities rises, there are questions to ask. W...
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2005.
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| Summary: | "Creativity is experiencing a global revolution. Since the 1990s, in many countries, it has assumed increasing importance in the school curriculum, contrasting strongly with previous approaches to creativity in education. But whilst the tide of opportunities rises, there are questions to ask. What is 'creative learning'? How does it relate to 'creative teaching'? How do we organise the curriculum to nurture creativity? What pedagogical strategies support it? How is creative learning different to effective learning? And, more fundamentally, what dilemmas and tensions are raised for the curriculum by these models of creativity? What responsibilities do teachers and schools have for stimulating creativity with reference to the social and ethical framework, and the wider environment? This book looks hard at these and other questions." "For teachers and schools who work with pupils who are pre-school age, through to those in post-compulsory education, this book synthesises practice, policy and research in order to critique some current assumptions, to lay out an agenda for further development, and suggests practical ways of taking forward pupils' creative development, celebrating their unique generativity in a more thoughtful way."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xxiv, 192 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-182) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0415324149 9780415324144 0415324157 9780415324151 |