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Most teachers accept that learning is most effective when it is enjoyable, but they are given little direct advice about how to achieve the creative and motivating classrooms that educationalists appeal for. This fascinating book creates a coherent picture of how teachers can make learning easier and more enjoyable for their pupils, including activity ideas, self-evaluation exercises and adaptable action plans for improving both classroom and whole-school ethos. >
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Creative Teaching Also available from Continuum Letting the Buggers be Creative - Sue Cowley 7 00 Ideas for Teaching Creativity - Stephen Bowkett Creative Teacher's Toolkit - Brin Best and Will Thomas Creativity and Education - Anna Craft, Bob Jeffries and Mike Leibling Creative Teaching Getting it Right David Starbuck continuum Continuum International Publishing Group The Tower Building 80 Maiden Lane 11 York Road Suite 704 London SE1 7NX New York, NY 10038 www. continuumbooks. com © Learning Performance Training Ltd 2006 David Starbuck has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as Author of this work. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publkation Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. EISBN 9780826491589 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Typeset by Fakenham Photosetting Limited Contents 1 Being creative Introduction: What is creative teaching? Feeling creative The causes of stress Creativity and learning Emotional intelligence In summary 1 1 9 13 34 50 52 2 The creative classroom 55 What do pupils need in order to learn creatively? 55 What teachers need to form a creative classroom 69 Knowledge of how to teach creatively: the philosophy of the creative classroom 86 The learning process in the creative classroom 100 Contents Ideas to get you started: lesson starters, recall activities and warm-ups Ideas to get you started: lesson middlers Ideas to get you started: lesson enders 3 The creative school Schools that are getting it right Building the creative school How might the creative school accommodate Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs? VI 101 108 112 115 115 119 129 1 Being creative Introduction: What is creative teaching? 'Pardon?' said the schoolteacher, his eyebrows arching like little horseshoes. 'You want me to like the buggers?' 'No/ said the slightly embattled education consultant, 'I merely suggest that you might like to give your pupils something other than lots of writing to do/ 'What?' the schoolteacher's rather large, heavylooking moustache looked as if it was about to take off. 'What would be the point of that?!' 'Well, they might learn better and enjoy your subject more.' The education consultant, in her naturally optimistic manner smiled a tired smile. 'Good gracious, what would be the point of that?!' grunted the schoolteacher. As he marched down 1 Creative Teaching the corridor he chuckled and mused to himself, 'Imagine if pupils actually wanted to learn, how preposterous.' He entered his classroom, slammed the door behind him, and began ranting at his pupils about how lazy they were and how they did not take his subject seriously enough. Creative teaching is when you appeal to the creative side of pupils' brains. If you would like to read some of the science, I've explained it in fact box 1 (pp. 4-6). Creative teaching can