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Transformers : creative teachers for the 21st century /
Packed with research-based strategies, this step-by-step resource shows educators how to cultivate a more creative teaching practice by accessing their creative resources, eliciting students' creativity, and more.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Corwin,
©2009.
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| Colección: | NU Curriculum.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Prologue #1 An Elementary Teacher Speaks Out About Creativity 1
- 1 What Teachers and Students Have to Say About Creativity: An Introduction 3
- 41 Creative Ideas 3
- Teachers Voice Their Creative Blocks 12
- Jump Starting Student Creativity: Making Mind Maps 15
- This Is Not the "Crayola Curriculum" 19
- Student Blocks to Creativity 20
- A Past Student's E-mail on Creativity 23
- Prologue #2 Before We Begin ... Get Out Your Notebook! 25
- 2 What Is, What Isn't Creativity? 27
- An Overview of Preconceptions 27
- Worshipping at the Altar of Right Answers 29
- Making Mistakes 30
- Specific Methods of Creative Behavior 32
- Prologue #3 20 Keys to a More Creative Classroom 47
- 3 Memoir of a Creative Career (Abridged) 50
- My First Creative Teacher 50
- A First-Year Teacher 51
- My Home Teaching Days 53
- Back to the Traditional Classroom 55
- Early Years at Francis Howell School District 57
- Teaching Skills as Well as Content 59
- My Repeaters on Grammar Patrol 62
- Prologue #4 The Creative Teacher's Bill of Rights 65
- 4 What's Going On? 66
- Side Effects of the Mandated Testing Phenomenon 66
- The Whole Child, The Whole Teacher 69
- Teaching the Whole Brain 71
- The Necessity of Teacher Empowerment 74
- Needs of the 21st Century, Glaringly Visible 76
- Dropouts and High Achievers 79
- Prologue #5 Affirmations: One Way to Rewire You for the Creativity You'll Need for the 21st Century 83
- 5 Links Between Creativity and Research-Based Instruction 84
- Brain Research: A Gold Mine for Creative Strategies 84
- Novelty 85
- Meaning and Choice 86
- Challenge Without Threat 92
- Visualization 93
- Emotions and Bodies 94
- Prologue #6 Letter From Arthur Costa 102
- 6 Transformational Journey: From the Inside Out 104
- The Saturday/Sunday Kings and Queens 104
- You, the Saturday/Sunday King or Queen 107
- Transformational Stages 109
- Our Hero's Journey: Moving Toward Ownership 110
- Your Questions: The Main Tool of Transformers 113
- Creative Thinking Versus Critical Thinking 116
- Thinking in Metaphor 120
- More Powerful Metaphors 121
- Frames, Narratives, Scripts: How We Think 123
- Prologue #7 The Administrator's Creativity Checklist 126
- 7 The Administrator's Role in Providing a Creative Environment 127
- Metaphor and School Transformation, By Linda Henke 127
- An Informal Ethnographic Study 128
- School Culture 128
- School as Factory 129
- The Search for New Metaphors 130
- Reframing Beliefs at MRH 136
- Prologue #8 Leslie Wilson's Thinking Patterns That Help Create New Ideas 138
- 8 What Can We Do to Strengthen Our Creative Muscles? 139
- For Ourselves-The Gift of Surprise 139
- Mindfulness, Awareness, and All That Good Stuff 142
- Begin With Fostering Creative Courage 145
- Let's Look at Fear for a Moment 147
- Respecting the Need to Make Time for Yourself 148
- How to Help Your Fellow Teachers 151
- Prologue #9 Our Tiny Digital Natives 155
- 9 Technology and the Creative Classroom 156
- Swimming in a Technological Environment, By John Ross 156
- Connecting Technology and Creativity: National Trends 157
- Promoting Student Creativity With Technology 162
- Becoming a More Creative Teacher With Technology 171
- Prologue #10 Rules for Lady Teachers in 1915 173
- 10 Transforming Teaching Through Creativity for the 21st Century 174
- The Last Time 174
- A Look at Possible Future Transformation 175
- The Past as of 1970 180
- What Does the Public Think We Should Be Doing? 182
- Welcome to Our Brave New Right-Brained World 186
- Every Teacher a Creative Teacher 187.