Beschreibung:
Steve Padget is an independent Education Consultant and Quality Assurance Tutor at Merseyside and Cheshire Graduate Teacher Programme. He was previously Lecturer in PGCE Secondary English at Liverpool Hope University.
Creativity and critical thinking are central to effective teaching and learning and have a significant impact on students' attainment, engagement, attendance and behaviour. This book draws on recent research and policy to provide teachers with a clear framework for understanding creativity and critical thinking and practically demonstrates how they can be incorporated into classroom practice.
1. An introduction to creativity and critical thinking; 2. Creativity in - creativity out - Creativity and Critical thinking in the context of Initial Teacher Training; 3. A Framework for Creativity in School; 4. Sowing the Seeds. Creativity and Critical Thinking in a Key Stage 2 setting; 5. A Question of integration - Creativity and critical thinking in the context of MTL: accreditation; 6. New Faces in New Places - How learning can be enhanced by contact with the creative industries; 7. Where to now? - What are the barriers and promoters of creativity? School strategies and classroom tactics