| Creativity in Secondary Education Contributor(s): Savage, Jonathan (Author), Fautley, Martin (Author) |
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ISBN: 1844450732 ISBN-13: 9781844450732 Publisher: Learning Matters OUR PRICE: $40.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2007 Annotation: Creativity is increasingly seen as central to good learning and teaching throughout the curriculum. This book examines the political and educational context behind such developments and looks at dilemmas faced by trainee teachers as they begin their teaching practice. Demonstrating what creativity is, how it evolves, and how it can be nurtured in various teaching contexts, the book will enable trainees to develop creativity in their teaching role and in their pupils' learning. Throughout, the book links clearly to the new UK Professional Standards for QTS and presents exercises, subject-based case studies, and teaching examples to engage and support all secondary trainees. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Secondary |
| Dewey: 373.011 |
| LCCN: 2007297423 |
| Series: Achieving Qts Cross-Curricular Strand |
| Physical Information: 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Creativity is increasingly seen as central to good learning and teaching throughout the curriculum. This book examines the political and educational context behind such developments and looks at dilemmas faced by trainee teachers as they begin their teaching practice. Demonstrating what creativity is, how it evolves and how it can be nurtured in various teaching contexts, it enables trainees to develop creativity in their teaching role and in their pupils′ learning. Throughout, the book links clearly to the new Professional Standards for QTS and presents exercises, subject-based case studies and teaching examples to engage and support all secondary trainees. |
Contributor Bio(s): Savage, Jonathan: - Jonathan Savage is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the Institute of Education, Manchester Metropolitan University. Until 2001 he was Head of Music at Debenham High School, an 11-16 comprehensive school in rural Suffolk in the east of England. He is also Managing Director of UCan.tv (www.ucan.tv), a not-for-profit company that produces engaging educational software.Fautley, Martin: - Martin Fautley is a Reader in Education at Birmingham City University. For many years he was a school teacher in the Midlands before undertaking Doctoral research at the University of Cambridge. His research interests encompass theoretical and practical issues concerning creative processes in schools and how teachers can help foster these, and the ways in which assessment, particularly assessment for learning, can be used as means to raise standards. |
