Creativity for Teachers

2004 • 146 sayfa • EN

Yazan Ai-Girl Tan, Lai-Chong Law

This book explores how creativity should be introduced to teachers. Specifically, the chapters proffer in-depth reviews of how theories pertaining to creativity have been evolving during the past decades and examine their implications to everyday classrooms. To make the book relevant to teachers in the changing world, the authors have posed these questions: What do teachers of the twenty-first century need? and In what way can knowledge of creativity benefit professional development of teachers and teaching and learning in the classroom? The authors encounters with teachers provided them with some insightful information. Specifically, the authors refer to frequent questions teachers asked when they attended teaching modules: What is creativity?, What is creative teaching?, What techniques are helpful for nurturing creativity? and How does creative teaching possibly benefit learning? From the authors experiences, teachers became more self-aware than before of the meaning o