Unlocking Creativity A Teacher's Guide to Creativity Across the Curriculum

Promoting creativity can be a powerful way of engaging children in their learning. Showing how creativity can be developed across the curriculum, this book offers advice on how to develop children's capacity for creative thinking and achievement and use creativity to increase levels of motivation and self-esteem. Combining the latest research with practical ideas and tasks, this multidimensional book is a must for teachers, students, and educators who wish to know more about creativity in teaching and learning.

First Published in 2005. Promoting creativity can be a powerful way of engaging children in their learning. Showing how creativity can be developed across the curriculum, this book offers advice on how to: Develop children's capacity for creative thinking and achievement; use creativity to increase levels of motivation and self-esteem; teach the creative skills pupils need for success in learning and life. Combining the latest research with practical ideas and tasks, this multi-dimensional book is a must for teachers, students and educators who wish to know more about creativity in teaching and learning.

Introduction; Chapter 1 CHAPTER 1 What is creativity?, Robert Fisher; Chapter 2 CHAPTER 2 Creative literacy: learning in the early years, Mary Williams; Chapter 3 CHAPTER 3 Creative writing: taking risks with words, Andrew Green; Chapter 4 CHAPTER 4 Creative drama: thinking from within, Colleen Johnson; Chapter 5 CHAPTER 5 Creative mathematics: allowing caged birds to fly, Debbie Robinson, Valsa Koshy; Chapter 6 CHAPTER 6 Creativity in science: leaping the void, Juliet Edmonds; Chapter 7 CHAPTER 7 Unlocking creativity with ICT, Avril Loveless, Rupert Wegerif; Chapter 8 CHAPTER 8 Creative design and technology, David Barlex; Chapter 9 CHAPTER 9 Creativity through geography, Fran Martin; Chapter 10 CHAPTER 10 Creativity in music and art, Sara Liptai; Chapter 11 CHAPTER 11 Creativity through religious education, Lynne Broadbent; Chapter 12 CHAPTER 12 Creativity across the curriculum, Robert Fisher; Appendix: Reviewing creativity; Index;

Robert Fisher is Professor of Education at Brunel University. Mary Williams is a Senior Research fellow at Brunel University and educational consultant.