Overview

Learn how to establish an instructional practice that encourages and supports the development of student creativity -- a critical skill for today and the future. Can creativity be taught? Backed by research, this book proposes that it can, and argues for the importance of nurturing creativity in students -- a task that is much more complex than simply adding a new class to your course load. While curriculum need not be scrapped and rewritten wholesale, it does need to be tweaked and refined with creativity as a new focus. At the same time, schools need to be transformed into environments that encourage students to evolve and develop as creative individuals. We are living and learning in a period of rapid and profound change in which innovation and creativity are increasingly important. With this in mind, it's clear that educators must teach in a way that fosters creativity, to help cultivate reflective creators who understand the mental processes behind their creativity and how they can be applied to other situations, problems and challenges -- beyond the context of the arts. Today's educators face innumerable challenges in establishing an instructional practice that supports student creativity while also meeting curricular goals and academic standards. This book addresses these challenges, illustrating how to foster creativity in your students by: Establishing a creativity-friendly learning environment. Weaving maker, STEAM, robotics and gaming into instruction. Encouraging motivation, entrepreneurship, curiosity and play. Using technology tools and resources to support student creativity. With rich examples and ready-to-implement activities, this book demonstrates how to establish a creativity-inspiring learning environment and an instructional practice that encourages curiosity and play -- and to help students grow into the people we need now and in the future. Audience: K-12 classroom teachers

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"""Divided into four sections -- 'Understanding Creativity, ' 'The Creative Learning Environment, ' 'Teaching Creativity, ' and 'Tools and Resources To Develop Student Creativity' -- the book systematically explains the need for students to create and provides a wealth of resources for teachers."" -- Laura Fields Eason, School Library Journal ""Gura systematically provides a wide-view lens concerning [topics] like ""What is creativity . . . and can it be taught?"" and [getting] ""from creativity to innovation and problem solving,"" and then zooms in to capture the details teachers want to know. He does this very effectively through interviews with real, in-the-field practicing teachers who are able to pinpoint the concerns that impact creativity in the classroom."" -- Amber Chandler, Getting Smart ""Wide-reaching in scope but specific in many of its approaches, Make, Learn, Succeed is a top recommendation for teachers and comes from an educator with some three decades of experience to his name."" -- Midwest Book Review"

Divided into four sections -- 'Understanding Creativity, ' 'The Creative Learning Environment, ' 'Teaching Creativity, ' and 'Tools and Resources To Develop Student Creativity' -- the book systematically explains the need for students to create and provides a wealth of resources for teachers. -- Laura Fields Eason, School Library Journal Gura systematically provides a wide-view lens concerning [topics] like What is creativity . . . and can it be taught? and [getting] from creativity to innovation and problem solving, and then zooms in to capture the details teachers want to know. He does this very effectively through interviews with real, in-the-field practicing teachers who are able to pinpoint the concerns that impact creativity in the classroom. -- Amber Chandler, Getting Smart Wide-reaching in scope but specific in many of its approaches, Make, Learn, Succeed is a top recommendation for teachers and comes from an educator with some three decades of experience to his name. -- Midwest Book Review

""Divided into four sections -- 'Understanding Creativity, ' 'The Creative Learning Environment, ' 'Teaching Creativity, ' and 'Tools and Resources To Develop Student Creativity' -- the book systematically explains the need for students to create and provides a wealth of resources for teachers."" -- Laura Fields Eason, School Library Journal ""Gura systematically provides a wide-view lens concerning [topics] like ""What is creativity . . . and can it be taught?"" and [getting] ""from creativity to innovation and problem solving,"" and then zooms in to capture the details teachers want to know. He does this very effectively through interviews with real, in-the-field practicing teachers who are able to pinpoint the concerns that impact creativity in the classroom."" -- Amber Chandler, Getting Smart ""Wide-reaching in scope but specific in many of its approaches, Make, Learn, Succeed is a top recommendation for teachers and comes from an educator with some three decades of experience to his name."" -- Midwest Book Review

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Mark Gura has been an educator for more than three decades. He works with Touro College, Fordham University, and other organizations to promote the use of technology to provide highly motivating, relevant activities for students. Gura's books include Visual Arts Units for All Levels and Getting Started with LEGO Robotics.

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