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Being Creative Inside and Outside the Classroom

Part of the Advances in Creativity and Giftedness Book Series (volume 2)

Editors: Baer, John; Kaufman, James C.

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-6091-840-7

Publisher: SensePublishers - Springer Journals

Jan 1, 2012

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Chapter 1Introduction

Baer, John; Kaufman, James C.

Pages: 1 –11

[Let’s start with a test of your creativity. Don’t get nervous: We just want you to rate your own creativity, in the privacy of your own mind, on a scale of 0-10. A score of 10 is reserved for the most creative people of all time — people like William Shakespeare, Albert Einstein, Emily...
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Chapter 2Divergent Thinking

Baer, John; Kaufman, James C.

Pages: 13 –60

[For this test you’ll need a pen or a pencil, plus a watch or some other way to time yourself so you’ll know to stop after two minutes.]
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Chapter 3Motivation

Baer, John; Kaufman, James C.

Pages: 61 –91

[Some years ago John saw two cartoons about how not to teach for creativity. In one, a student is daydreaming some delightful and very creative things in the middle of a lesson. The student’s thinking is related to the topic of the lesson, but it is clearly not the kind of thinking that is likely...
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Chapter 4Creative Problem Solving (CPS)

Baer, John; Kaufman, James C.

Pages: 93 –127

[Was this easy? Some parts of it probably seemed obvious. For example, it makes sense to choose a solution after you generate possible solutions, so however else you ordered these steps, you probably put Idea-Finding before Solution- Finding.]
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Chapter 5Summing Up

Baer, John; Kaufman, James C.

Pages: 129 –147

[This chapter will begin by summarizing a few of the most important ideas that have been discussed thus far. Next we’ll look at some ways these ideas intersect one another, especially in a classroom context. And finally, you’ll be asked to think about some issues that relate to how you might...
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Chapter 6Can Teaching For Creativity and Teaching For Content Knowledge Mix?

Baer, John; Kaufman, James C.

Pages: 149 –159

[If you want to remember something, will you remember it better (a) if you simply read about it or (b) if you think about it actively and in different ways and connect it to other things you already know?]

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