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Developing The Beginning Prototype For A Children’S Book Series For Creative Curriculum, Valerie Palmer
Developing The Beginning Prototype For A Children’S Book Series For Creative Curriculum, Valerie Palmer
Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects
Developing the Beginning Prototype for a Children’s Book Series for Creative Curriculum
Creativity is increasing in popularity and demand in our 21st Century world. It is among the top five most desirable traits that employers are seeking in employees. Some educational institutions abroad have adapted a creative curriculum and have seen much success in student achievement and performance. Yet in America’s educational institutions are not with this new era of creativity. When in actual fact the majority of American schools reject and counter this concept of creativity in the classroom. There are exceptions to this statement for example Charter Schools …
Creativity Through Arts: Expanding Creativity For A New Fluency In Imaginative Thinking, Tanya M. Knudsen
Creativity Through Arts: Expanding Creativity For A New Fluency In Imaginative Thinking, Tanya M. Knudsen
Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects
The Torrance Incubation Model beckons creativity into education. That was in 1961. Like the subconscious automatic and multidimensional act of breathing, and formulating language, creativity is within us, materializing on a Mobius Loop structure continually moving in and out of incubation, creation, and the shaping of outcome. Creativity is unique in that is both a verb and noun adding weight and value to its illusive form and potential. Creativity Through Arts expands the Torrance Incubation Model of Creative Teaching and Learning in an expressed combination of creativity and arts to immerse creativity into curricula, cracking a new code for finding …
Finding Balance Between The Technical And The Creative, Beverly Z. Weihz
Finding Balance Between The Technical And The Creative, Beverly Z. Weihz
Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects
The aim of this project was to develop a curriculum for a high school news broadcasting classroom that balances the technical and creative aspects necessary for the class to be both proficient and innovative. For most, the technical aspect would be enough to satisfy the needs of the classroom. However, in an ever growing age of technology with a need for innovative and problem solving skills, this was an opportunity to bring creativity Hhh
into the technical classroom, both in teaching design and in creative outlets for the students. In addition to creative outlets, attention was paid to the needs …
Improv(Ing) Students: Teaching Improvisation To High School Students To Increase Creative And Critical Thinking, Beth D. Slazak
Improv(Ing) Students: Teaching Improvisation To High School Students To Increase Creative And Critical Thinking, Beth D. Slazak
Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects
This project focuses on teaching High School students improvisational techniques to increase their creative and critical thinking skills. This covers tools of Creative Problem Solving, rules and concepts of improvisational theater, and affective thinking skills. The finished project includes lesson plans, a workbook, and a video that will assist students and educators in teaching these skills.
The Other Direction: Lesson Plans That Incorporate Creatvity Into The Music Classroom, Rebecca Marita Fox
The Other Direction: Lesson Plans That Incorporate Creatvity Into The Music Classroom, Rebecca Marita Fox
Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects
The goal of this project was to help a music educator better incorporate creativity into his or her music classroom. The project touches on music in relation to intelligence and creativity, as well as emphasis on how to generate a climate that is conducive to creativity. The lesson plan portion provides a template and examples using the Torrance Incubation Model. The lessons can be used for any age level. The lesson plans do not include the incorporation of creative thinking skills, and I encourage others to find ways to weave them into their lesson plans.