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Creativity: Some Definitions: The Creative Personality; The Creative Process; The Creative Classroom.
Wallace, Belle – Gifted Education International, 1986
The four dimensions of the creative personality--thinking, sensing, intuition, and feeling--are described, as are the creative process (including preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification) and ways in which teachers can assess and promote creativity. Creative classroom environments and teaching methods are detailed. (CB)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Creative Teaching, Creative Thinking, Creativity
First Steps: Fostering Creativity in Vermont's Schools & Communities.
Vermont Alliance for Arts in Education, Montpelier. – 1982
A set of "creative competencies" provides a framework for assessing the extent to which local school environments contribute to the production of creative citizens. Following an introduction to rationale and organization of the Vermont Creativity Task Force, material is divided into five substantive sections. Section 1 pinpoints the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Creative Development, Creative Teaching
Teaching & Performing Ideas for Energizing Your Classes. Second Edition
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Timpson, William M.; Burgoyne, Suzanne – Atwood Publishing, 2002
The authors assert that teachers are inherently performers and as such, techniques from the stage enhance and expand a teacher's ready repertoire of discipline-based content. Using performance theory, the authors demonstrate how an educator can transform ordinary classroom experiences into occasions that attract and engage students. In this second…
Descriptors: Lighting, Teaching Methods, Case Studies, Lecture Method
Strategies for Creative Emergence.
Richardson, Glenn E.; Jordan, Rebecca – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1981
Five different perspectives on creativity in teaching are examined: (1) Creativity is developed by making teaching methods from almost nothing. (2) Creativity is fostered by idealizing without constraint. (3) Creativity can be developed through analogs. (4) Creativity can mean to reorganize or modify. (5) Creativity can be fostered using a forced…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Development, Creative Teaching, Creativity
Adding Creativity to Reading Instruction.
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Bonds, Charles; Bonds, Lella G. – Reading Improvement, 1990
Presents suggestions for making reading instruction exciting and creative both for students and teachers. Describes the creative reading environment, ways the teacher may foster creativity as a result of reading, and ideas for developing creativity based on reading. Lists 20 creative reading activities. (MG)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Creative Teaching
Creativity in the Classroom: Schools of Curious Delight. Second Edition.
Starko, Alane Jordan – 2001
This book is designed to help teachers link research and theory regarding creativity to the everyday activities of classroom teaching, providing enough theory and enough examples of applications to enable teachers to convert what they learn to their everyday grouping arrangements, lesson plans, assessment activities, and grading schemes. The book…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
The Creative Training Idea Book: Inspired Tips and Techniques for Engaging and Effective Learning.
Lucas, Robert W. – 2003
This book contains strategies for bringing out energetic, active participation in every training session. "Bright Idea" sections offer ready-to-use solutions, and a full complement of checklists, forms, and additional resources help the trainer take training to new levels of fun, participation, and results. Chapter 1 explores how the brain…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Creative Teaching