Reviews: Creativity

9 reviews found for "Creativity"

Book review : Child-centred education : reviving the creative tradition: This is a book review of Child-centred education : reviving the creative tradition, by Christine Doddington, Mary Hilton, published by Sage in 2007, ISBN 9781412945882. It was reviewed for ESCalate by Emese Hall of the University of Exeter. This book really does delve into the past to make sense of what child-centred education is all about. By drawing on a range of sources Doddington and Hilton make their book not only interesting but also, in...
Book Review: Creativity and Education Futures: Learning in a digital age: A review of the book - Creativity and Education Futures: Learning in a digital age by Anna Craft. The book considers what impact developing digital media has had on 21st century learners and how education may need to adapt to the changing demands that technology brings
Book Review: Creativity and Early Years Education: A lifewide foundation: Creativity and Early Years Education: A lifewide foundation’ makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of creativity from a philosophical, theoretical and practical perspective. The book provides a sound overview of theoretical developments in creativity and highlights how our focus has often been on creativity as ‘atypical’ with reference to giftedness or genius. This text would be of interest to academics involved in early years...
Book review : The value of play: This is a book review of The value of play by Perry Else published by Continuum in 2009, ISBN 9780826495655. It was reviewed by Keith Savage of Stockport College on behalf of ESCalate. The Value of Play has 10 chapters – each a dozen or so pages only. Perry Else has much to say and necessarily – in such a short text – has to compress his material. It does have a Euro-centric tone. All the material in the chapter on the history of what play is...
Book review : Creativity in primary education: This is a book review of Creativity in primary education by Anthony Wilson, published by Learning Matters in 2009, ISBN 9781844451982. It was reviewed by Ruth Hewston of the University of Worcester on behalf of ESCalate. Creativity in Primary Education is an edited collection of chapters addressing what creativity means for primary practitioners, and how it may be put into practice across a range of curricular areas. Each of the individually...
Book Review: Creativity in Crisis; Design and Technology at KS3 and KS4.A report from a joint invitation seminar held 10th September 2002 by Nuffield Design and Technology in conjunction with the Design and Technology Association: This report emerges from a seminar that considers the UK Government's rhetoric about the place of creativity in the curriculum, based upon their report 'All Our Futures: Creativity, Culture and Education', and has a particular emphasis on Design and Technology education at Key Stages 3 and 4. The seminar report, whilst celebrating that the focus of education appears to be moving away from an over reliance on prescriptive methods based upon...
Book review : The really useful literacy book : being creative with literacy in the primary classroom: Feelings that the National Curriculum (NC) and the National Literacy Strategy (NLS) have raised standards in literacy at the expense of creativity in teaching and learning permeate the book. The authors also express a concern that the importance of speaking and listening has been devalued. The authors focus upon key principles of teaching and learning that may guide primary literacy practitioners, and those who teach or support them. Includes...
Book review : Creative teaching and learning resource book: This is a book review of Creative teaching and learning resource book by Brin Best and Will Thomas, published by Continuum in 2009, ISBN 9780826483768. It was reviewed by Margaret Simms of ProCEEd on behalf of ESCalate. This is a book for teachers who already manifest effective teaching and learning strategies, and who are keen to try out new practical strategies designed to enhance creative teaching and learning experiences. The authors...
Book review: Making space for creativity: This is a book review of Making space for creativity, edited by Paul Martin and published online in 2010, ISBN 9781905593125. It was reviewed by Liane Purnell of Newman University College on behalf of ESCalate. This book is about The Creativity Centre at the University of Brighton which undertakes research into aspects of creativity and its effective practice and application. It begins with an interesting discussion in relation to learning and...