Teaching for Creativity in the Common Core Classroom - Hardcover

Beghetto, Ronald A.; Kaufman, James C.; Baer, John

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9780807756164: Teaching for Creativity in the Common Core Classroom
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0807756164 ISBN 13: 9780807756164
Publisher: Teachers College Press, 2015

Synopsis

Creativity and the Common Core State Standards are both important to today’s teachers. Yet, for many educators, nurturing students’ creativity seems to conflict with ensuring that they learn specific skills and content. In this book, the authors outline ways to adapt existing lessons and mandated curricula to encourage the development of student creativity alongside more traditional academic skills. Based on cutting-edge psychological research on creativity, the text debunks common misconceptions about creativity, describes how learning environments can support both creativity and the Common Core, offers creative lessons and insights for teaching English language arts and mathematics, and includes assessments for creativity and Common Core learning. Featuring numerous classroom examples, this practical resource will empower teachers to think of the Common Core and creativity as encompassing complementary, rather than mutually exclusive, goals.

Book Features:

  • Shows how teaching skills mandated by the CCSS and teaching for creativity can reinforce one another.
  • Helps teachers better understand what creativity is, how to develop it, and how to assess it in meaningful ways.
  • Examines the many misconceptions about creativity that prevent teachers from doing their best work.
  • Provides classroom examples, ideas, and lesson plans from successful teachers across disciplines.

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About the Author

Ronald A. Beghetto is associate professor of educational psychology at the Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut. James C. Kaufman is professor of educational psychology at the University of Connecticut and founding director of the Learning Research Institute at California State University, San Bernardino. John Baer is professor of teacher education at the School of Education, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ.

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Publisher
Teachers College Press
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0807756164
ISBN 13 
9780807756164
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
144
Rating
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