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The Really Useful Creativity Book Dominic Wyse (Professor of Early Childhood & Primary Education and Head of Academic Department, Learning and Leadership, UCL Institute of Education, UK)

The Really Useful Creativity Book By Dominic Wyse (Professor of Early Childhood & Primary Education and Head of Academic Department, Learning and Leadership, UCL Institute of Education, UK)

Summary

What is creativity and how do we teach it? This book provides approaches and ideas that enable children to develop their creativity. Written for the primary school teacher, student or trainee teacher, it shows you how creativity can flourish in your classroom.

The Really Useful Creativity Book Summary

The Really Useful Creativity Book by Dominic Wyse (Professor of Early Childhood & Primary Education and Head of Academic Department, Learning and Leadership, UCL Institute of Education, UK)

What is creativity and how do we teach it?

The Really Useful Creativity Book provides approaches and ideas that will enable children to develop their creativity. Written for the primary school teacher, student or trainee teacher, the book shows you how creativity can flourish in your classroom.

With examples of practice included throughout, the issues covered include:

  • everyday creativity - ideas to get started on straight away
  • planning - with ideas for cross-curricular planning, and many other ways to plan for creativity
  • creativity and the environment - starting with the classroom and school, then going further afield
  • creative Partnerships - working with other people to stimulate children's creativity
  • the drama of creativity - showing how teachers can adopt the mantle of the expert
  • thinking about creativity - thinking skills for your children, and ways of thinking for you.

This lively, stimulating book will help busy teachers working with the National Curriculum to develop children's creativity.

About Dominic Wyse (Professor of Early Childhood & Primary Education and Head of Academic Department, Learning and Leadership, UCL Institute of Education, UK)

Dominic Wyse is a senior lecturer in early years and primary education at the University of Cambridge, UK. Pam Dowson is a teacher and Assistant Director of Learning in a First School and contributes to English courses at the University of Cambridge, UK.

Table of Contents

@contents: Selected Contents: 1. Defining Creativity 2. Organising Teaching for Creativity 3. Everyday Creativity 4. The Local Environment 5. Creative Partnerships 6. The Mantle of the Expert 7. Thinking Skills 8. Creativity in the Primary Curriculum

Additional information

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The Really Useful Creativity Book by Dominic Wyse (Professor of Early Childhood & Primary Education and Head of Academic Department, Learning and Leadership, UCL Institute of Education, UK)
Used - Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2008-10-14
116
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