Creativity in the Classroom: Case Studies in Using the Arts in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

This volume contests the current higher educational paradigm of using objectives and outcomes as ways to measure learning. Instead, the contributors propose approaches to learning that draw upon the creative arts and humanities, including cinema, literature, dance, drama, and visual art. Such approaches, they argue, can foster deeper learning, even in subjects not normally associated with these forms of creativity. Drawing on their own practical experience in developing new educational methods, the contributors embody a refreshing alternative perspective on teaching, learning, and assessment.

Paul McIntosh is a research fellow in the Centre for Medical Education at Queen Mary, University London.


Digby Warren is associate professor and head of the Centre for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching at London Metropolitan University.