Creative Learning in Higher Education

International Perspectives and Approaches

Linda S. Watts, Patrick Blessinger (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

246 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-96236-1 (ISBN)

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This book provides higher education faculty and administrators a scholarly resource on the most salient aspects and emerging trends in creative learning in higher education today. International contributors explore ways to foster creativity in any student, regardless of academic discipline or demographic characteristics and demonstrate that creativity is a skill all students can and should learn. Chapters analyzes how different countries and cultures implement creative learning, exploring issues of instruction, assessment, and ultimately how these practices are transforming learning. This important book helps higher education professionals understand and cultivate creative learning across disciplines in any college and university setting.

Linda S. Watts is Professor of American Studies and Co-Director of the Project for Interdisciplinary Pedagogy at the University of Washington Bothell, USA. Patrick Blessinger is Founder and Executive Director of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (HETL), USA.

Foreword, Norman Jackson

Preface

Part I: Principles and Concepts

Chapter One: History and Nature of Creative Learning, Patrick Blessinger and Linda S. Watts

Part II: Successful Practices in Creative Learning: Cases

Chapter Two: Promoting Creative Learners through Innovative Pedagogy, Fredricka Reisman

Chapter Three: Participatory Choreographies, Our Future Cities, and the Place of Creative Learning in International Arts Exchanges, Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren

Chapter Four: Configuring Interdisciplinarity: The Common Core at the University of Hong Kong, Gray Kochhar-Lindgren

Chapter Five: Creating Meaningful Learning Spaces through Phenomenological Strategies, David Giles and Clare McCarty

Chapter Six: Creative Learning Strategies: Learning How to Cooperate, Nives Dolšak, and Cinnamon Hillyard

Chapter Seven: Toward Mindful Assessment in Higher Education: A Case-Study in Contemplative Commentary on Student Work to Promote Creative Learning, Linda S. Watts

Chapter Eight: Play and 3D Enquiry for Stimulating Creative Learning, Alison James

Chapter Nine: The Dynamics of Creative Learning: A Case Study in Best Practices in Public Urban Higher Education, Gina Rae Foster

Part III: Enhancing Creative Learning: Essays

Chapter Ten: Creative Approaches to Stimulate Classroom Discussions, Stephen Brookfield

Chapter Eleven: Developing Creative Competencies through Improvisation—Living Musically, Rob Kaplan

Chapter Twelve: Realizing the Potential for Creativity in Teaching and Learning, Lorraine Stefani

Part IV: Conclusion

Chapter Thirteen: The Future of Creative Learning, Linda S. Watts and Patrick Blessinger

Index

About the Contributors

Erscheinungsdatum	24.05.2016
Zusatzinfo	6 Tables, black and white; 12 Line drawings, black and white; 4 Halftones, black and white; 14 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	385 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
ISBN-10	1-138-96236-8 / 1138962368
ISBN-13	978-1-138-96236-1 / 9781138962361
Zustand	Neuware