Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds

The Role of Teachers and Teacher Educators, Part I

Foreword by Annette D. Digby Contributions by Gadi Alexander, Carole G. Basile, Kevin Cloninger, F Michael Connelly Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby, John P. Gaa, Herbert P. Ginsburg, Angela McNeal Haynes, Ming Fang He, Terri R. Hebert, Sharon Johnson, Patricia L. Marshall, Joan V. Mast, Allison W. McCulloch, Christina Mengert, Christy M. Moroye, F Richard Olenchak, Dr. Wynnetta Scott-Simmons, Merrie Snow, Derrick M. Tennial, P. Bruce Uhrmacher Professor of Education and Research Methods, Morgridge College of Education, Shijing Xu, JeongAe You Edited by Cheryl J. Craig Houston Endowment Endowed, Louise F. Deretchin

Publication date:

16 January 2010

Length of book:

284 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

Dimensions:

240x162mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781607096283

Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds presents a plethora of approaches to developing human potential in areas not conventionally addressed. Organized in two parts, this international collection of essays provides viable educational alternatives to those currently holding sway in an era of high-stakes accountability. Taken together, the chapters in Part I of Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds provide a sampling of what the cultivation of curious and creative minds entails. The contributing authors shed light on how curiosity and creativity can be approached in the teaching domain and discuss specific ideas concerning how it plays out in particular situations and contexts.

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 Overview and Framework
Chapter 4 In Pursuit of Joy: Creativity, Pedagogy, and the Science of Well-Being
Chapter 5 Can We Teach for Surprise?
Chapter 6 Jumping to Conclusions or Jumping for Joy? ? Reframing Teaching as the Art of Talent
Chapter 7 Aesthetic Themes as Conduits to Creativity
Chapter 8 Child Study/Lesson Study: A Catalyst for Teacher Curiosity
Chapter 9 Nurturing a Creative Curiosity for K-2 Mathematics Teaching: Lessons from the Dreamkeepers
Chapter 10 The Impact of Creativity Within the Inquiry Process in Science Education
Chapter 11 Capturing Teacher Learning, Curiosity, and Creativity through Science Notebooks
Chapter 12 Freeing the Body to Build the Creative Mind
Chapter 13 Teaching Creatively In-Between Contested Contradictions and Complexities in the U. S. South
Chapter 14 On the Need for Curious and Creative Minds in Multicultural and Cross-Cultural Educational Settings: Narrative Possibilities

This book presents a variety of approaches to developing human potential in areas not conventionally addressed. Organized in two parts, this international collection of essays provides educational alternatives to those currently holding sway in an era of high-stakes accountability.