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Big Wins, Small Steps: How to Lead for and with Creativity
Contributor(s): Beghetto, Ronald A. (Author)
ISBN: 1483385469     ISBN-13: 9781483385464
Publisher: Corwin Publishers
OUR PRICE:   $29.40  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Leadership
- Education | Aims & Objectives
- Self-help | Creativity
Dewey: 370.118
LCCN: 2015049644
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 7.3" W x 9" (0.70 lbs) 160 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

Don't sink your school's creativity-- encourage it to set sail!

In this book, educational leaders will find the definitive resource for fostering schoolwide creativity. Introducing a groundbreaking framework known as the Small Steps Approach to Instructional Leadership (SAIL), Ronald A. Beghetto shows the way to amazing improvements through small adjustments. Content includes:

  • Creative leader checklists summarizing actionable points in each chapter
  • The keys to removing the most difficult creative barriers
  • How to sit with uncertainty instead of letting it derail innovation efforts
  • When to flow like water, and when to stand like a mountain as you re-focus your school towards creativity

Contributor Bio(s): Beghetto, Ronald A.: - Dr. Ronald A. Beghetto is an international expert on creativity in educational settings. He serves as Professor of Educational Psychology in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. He is also Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Creative Behavior and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts (Div. 10, APA).

Dr. Beghetto has published numerous books, articles, and scholarly book chapters on creative and innovative approaches to teaching, learning, and leadership in schools and classrooms. He speaks around the world on issues related to helping teachers and instructional leaders develop new and transformative possibilities for classroom teaching, learning, and leadership in K-12 and higher education settings.

Prior to joining the faculty at UConn, Dr. Beghetto served as the College of Education's Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Education Studies at the University of Oregon. Dr. Beghetto earned his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Indiana University (with an emphasis in Learning, Cognition and Instruction).