Learning and Teaching Creative Cognition

The Interactive Book Report

By (author) Marjorie S. Schiering

Publication date:

21 August 2015

Length of book:

258 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Dimensions:

236x162mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781475807783

At the onset, this book provides explanations/definitions for what it is to be "creative." Research-based viewpoints and personal perspectives on creativity lead to an introduction of an Interactive Methodology (IM) and interactive instructional strategies focused on The Interactive Book Report (IBR). Learning-through-play is emphasized. Special needs students, learning styles, thinking and feeling, a psychologist and scientist’s perspectives, effect and affect of the IM and IBR with leadership building are presented. Differentiated instruction activities, mindfulness, neuroplasticity, five case studies involving classroom use of the book’s creative cognition operatives are given explicit attention.

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction

PART ONE
CHAPTER ONE: Learning, Teaching, Thinking, and Creative Cognition
CHAPTER TWO: Linear and Reciprocal Processes of Creativity
CHAPTER THREE: Personal Perspectives on Creative Cognition
CHAPTER FOUR: An Introduction: Creative Cognition’s Interactive Methodology and Book Report
CHAPTER FIVE: An Overview: IM and IBR
CHAPTER SIX: Advantage Points of the IBR and Its Leadership Building
CHAPTER SEVEN: A Guide to Learning and Teaching Creative Cognition
CHAPTER EIGHT: Creative Cognition with Special Needs Children: Linking Learning Styles and the IBR
CHAPTER NINE: Learning and Teaching Creative Cognition: The IBR’S Cognitive Collective: Thinking and Feeling
CHAPTER TEN: Learning and Teaching Creative Cognition: The IBR’S Reciprocal Thinking Phases
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Learning and Teaching Creative Cognition: The IBR’S Reciprocal Feeling Phases
CHAPTER TWELVE: Using the IM and IBR: A Psychologist’s Perspective By: A, Cerruto, Ph.D

PART TWO
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Creative Cognition, Neuroplasticity and IBR: A Scientist’s Perspective By H. Sasken, M.D.
Mindfulness and Creativity By M. Russo, PH.D
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: IBR Pages, Activities, and Use as an Assessment Instrument
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Differentiated Instruction and Activities For the IBR Pages
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Differentiated Instruction with More Activities
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Four Topics Including Effects and Affects of IM and IBR

PART THREE
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: The Proof of the Pudding: IM and IBR in Action
CHAPTER NINETEEN: The Proof of the Pudding: Continued
CHAPTER TWENTY: The Summation: A Research Study Involving the IM and IBR: Ecosystems and Sustainability

Afterword
Bibliography
About the Author

This text is an excellent guide for both teachers and school librarians on how to integrate learning-through-play practices in their classroom or library. Schiering provides specific strategies for doing this and also comprehensively discusses the psychology and theory behind this method. Learning and Teaching Creative Cognitiondiscusses different learning styles as well as how to use this technique for students with special needs. This resource will be a valuable tool for any professional collection for educators.