Overview

"The extent and rapidity of economic, social, technological, scientific, spiritual and environmental change means that children today grow up facing uncertainties and possibilities on an unprecedented scale. What kinds of education are appropriate when the possible futures that exist for children are so uncertain and so rapidly advancing? Where learning occurs in a Web 2.0 social environment as naturally as it does in the playground, playing field, front room or street? Where adults may continue to play and experiment far beyond their childhood in ways unimaginable even thirty years ago? Where creativity is increasingly both possible and expected of young people? Drawing on the ideas of 'wise creativity' and 'collective possibility thinking', this book explores the changing nature of society, childhood and youth and asks how education might need to change in response. How can education facilitate wise collective creativity which anticipates and constructs the future? This book discusses approaches to constructing imaginative educational futures which hear all voices, those of students, parents and professionals. ""Creativity and Education Futures"" will be of interest to those engaged in grappling with the messy and difficult task of transforming education, including those developing approaches to creative partnership."

Full Product Details

Author:   Anna Craft
Publisher:   Institute of Education Press
Imprint:   Trentham Books Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.358kg
ISBN:  

9781858564623

ISBN 10:   185856462
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   30 September 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS: Acknowledgements; About the author; Preface; Foreword; 1. Childhood and youth in flux: The family, childhood and youth in flux; Childhood and youth: Two discourses; Reach and role of technology changing childhood and youth; How does education respond to childhood and youth in flux?; 2. Creativity and education futures: Shifting conceptions of creativity?; The rise of creativity in education; The response of education; The challenge of performativity; Emergent rhetorics for creativity in education; Education futures?; Creativity and education futures integrated; The four Ps of changing childhood and youth; 3. Pluralities: Childhood and youth pluralised; Plural implications?; 4. Possibilities: 'Possibility thinking': From what is to what might be; Possibility spaces; Multiple possibilities in childhood and youth; Multiple possibilities and the classroom; Paradoxes for educators; 5. Playfulness: Exploration and playfulness; Expansion of play online; Extended make-believe in possible worlds; Playing with feeling; Complexity, connectedness and networked individualism; The long reach of playful consumerism; Challenges for educators; Play on; 6. Participation: Participation as pervasive; High participation online; The irresistibility of online participation; Participation and children's voices; Participation in playful, plural possibilities?; Tensions and dilemmas in participation; Participation and the classroom; 7. Extending literacy and medium: Two quests, a landscape and a compass; A landscape of playfulness and plurality; Participation and possibilities as a navigational tool; Extending literacy and medium; Enabling high participation and possibility; The demands for educators of extended literacy and medium; Dilemmas in extending literacy and medium; Implications for educators and education; From past to future; 8. Co-creating educational futures: Participation and possibilities: Grappling with engagement; Pluralities and playfulness: Changing social capital; Possible education futures: The social responsibility of all; Trust, certainty, reality and innovation; From fire to fire; Seismic shifts; Creative education futures: Triggering seismic shifts; Co-authoring creative education futures; References; Index.

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It offers persuasive insights into how adopting digital media within physical or online classrooms might encourage a more creative approach to teaching as well as encouraging more creative engagement for our learners. - Escalate

Author Information

Anna Craft is Professor of Education at the University of Exeter and The Open University. She has published widely and is Founding Lead Editor of the international journal, Thinking Skills and Creativity.

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