Teaching Applied Creative Thinking: A New Pedagogy for the 21st Century

Teaching Applied Creative Thinking: A New Pedagogy for the 21st Century

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The authors of Teaching Applied Creative Thinking: A New Pedagogy for the 21st Century believe this book to be the first in the field about teaching creative thinking in the new millennium. While many books talk about creativity and provide the justification for adding creative thinking as a student learning outcome, this book focuses on applying creativity to the teaching and learning process. The authors ask, “does anyone truly believe the world’s problems are going to be solved by students with only a high proficiency in common core competencies?” With student learning outcomes as a goal, we must rethink teaching and learning to include creativity. Posed for the 21st-Century learner, their new paradigm, Mentor-from-the-Middle, replicates scholarly inquiry by developing a scholarly frame of mind. The teacher assumes new roles in this paradigm of scholar, mentor, facilitator, coach, model, and critical reflector. These roles in turn combine to help transform the learner into an active creative thinker.

Department

Communication

ISBN

9781581072396

Publication Date

2013

Publisher

New Forums Press

City

Stillwater, OK

Keywords

Creative thinking Study and teaching, Pedagogy, Creativity, Learning

Disciplines

Creative Writing | Curriculum and Instruction

Teaching Applied Creative Thinking: A New Pedagogy for the 21st Century
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