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Creativity in Schools : Tensions and Dilemmas - Anna Craft

Creativity in Schools

Tensions and Dilemmas

By: Anna Craft (Editor)

Paperback | 25 August 2005 | Edition Number 1

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In this often well-resourced and imaginative era of education, creativity is often seen as closely linked with the marketplace. Individual and collective empowerment enabled by the development of creative skill, in the 'knowledge economy' is seen as a good thing. This book takes a sharp look at the global revolution in educational creativity, which since the 1990s has assumed increasing importance in schools across the world. What is 'creative learning' and how does it relate to 'creative teaching'? How is the curriculum organized to nurture creativity and what pedagogical strategies support it? How is creative learning different to effective learning? This book examines these and other important questions by: - setting out the key current debates within creativity - putting current approaches into a much broader perspective - delivering a practical approach to critical scrutiny in the creative classroom - laying out an agenda for teachers, policy-makers and researchers in better understanding. This is essential reading for all teachers and students with an interest in this key area in the future of education.
Industry Reviews

'Original, thoughtful and thorough' - Tim Brighouse, The Times Educational Supplement

'Anna Craft has written an important and challenging book on the increasingly important topic of creativity in education.' - Youth and Policy

'The book is well written and authoritative with sometimes difficult subject matter in a clear and accessible style.' - Youth and Policy

'The editors present a concise and well researched theoretical background to each topic drawing on established perspectives and knowledge in a very readable style that will appeal to educators generally. Overall, I found the book a useful, informative and interesting scan of the field. It was also a most enjoyable read.'

- British Journal of Educational Technology Vol 38 No 1 2007 171-183

"It [provides] food for thought and left me wanting to use this in a discussion group with fellow teachers and artists...There is a strong call to study the delicate balance that creativity poses for us both in our own lives and in bringing creativity to life in those we teach. Creativity in Schools: Tensions and Dilemmas is a productive and energizing place to start." --Joanne Toft, Arts for Academic Achievement in Minneapolis Public Schools, Teaching Artist Journal


'Original, thoughtful and thorough' - The Times Educational Supplement

'Anna Craft has written an important and challenging book on the increasingly important topic of creativity in education.' - Youth and Policy

'The book is well written and authoritative with sometimes difficult subject matter in a clear and accessible style.' - Youth and Policy

'The editors present a concise and well researched theoretical background to each topic drawing on established perspectives and knowledge in a very readable style that will appeal to educators generally. Overall, I found the book a useful, informative and interesting scan of the field. It was also a most enjoyable read.' - British Journal of Educational Technology Vol 38 No 1 2007 171-183

'Complex, controversial and comprehensive.' - Teachers College Record

'Engaging and provocative, insightful and stimulating...with a message for researchers and policy makers, teachers and students, experts and novices...highly recommended.' - Thinking Skills and Creativity

'This thought-provoking treatment of the subject is well worth inclusion in teacher education programmes and debates for both primary and secondary teachers, as well as being a valuable addition to the literature on creativity in schools.' - Educational Review

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