Creativity in the classroom : case studies in using the arts in teaching and learning in higher education / edited by Paul McIntosh and Digb y Warren.

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TextPublication details: Bristol, UK. Intellect books, 2013.Description: 284 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781841505169
1841505161

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378.17 MCI

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This volume contests the current higher educational paradigm of using objectives and outcomes as ways to measure learning. Instead, the contributors propose approaches to learning that draw upon the creative arts and humanities, including cinema, literature, dance, drama, and visual art. Such approaches, they argue, can foster deeper learning, even in subjects not normally associated with these forms of creativity. Drawing on their own practical experience in developing new educational methods, the contributors embody a refreshing alternative perspective on teaching, learning, and assessment.

This book provides illustrations that through the use of the creative arts and humanities, flexible and creative teaching and learning can take place that goes beyond the delivery of pre-existing knowledge and enables critiques of socially constructed thinking at various levels. This approach can foster deeper awareness of self, one another and the world, richer engagement with study, greater confidence and resilience. In essence, the teaching methods illustrated in this book provide the means to dialogue and debate in the classroom and to support personal, academic and social integration. Through this process, spaces are created for transformative learning to occur.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Apologies for absence (p. vii)
Acknowledgements (p. ix)
Introduction: The Current Educational Climate: Why the Creative Arts and Humanities are so Important to Creativity and Learning in the Classroom (p. 1)
Part I Encouraging Creativity in the Classroom (p. 9)
Chapter 1 Using the Creative Arts for Collaboration (p. 11)
Chapter 2 Introducing Arts-based Inquiry into Medical Education: 'Exploring the Creative Arts in Health and Illness' (p. 23)
Part II Using Performance (p. 41)
Chapter 3 Using Cinema to Enhance the Relevance of Economics to Students' Lives (p. 43)
Chapter 4 Fascinatin' Rhythm: Tapping into Themes of Leadership and Management by Making Music (p. 57)
Chapter 5 A Dramatic Approach to Teaching Applied Ethics (p. 73)
Part III Using Poetry (p. 87)
Chapter 6 Using Poetry to Create Conditions for Dialogue in a Postgraduate Course on Managing Diversity (p. 89)
Chapter 7 Teaching and Using Poetry in Healthcare (p. 101)
Chapter 8 Gaining a Wider Perspective on Life in Medical Education (p. 115)
Part IV Using Imagery (p. 123)
Chapter 9 Beyond Words: Surfacing Self in End-of-life Care Using Image-making (p. 125)
Chapter 10 Fashion Students Engaging in Iconic Designs in a Business World (p. 135)
Chapter 11 Storytelling and Cycles of Development (p. 149)
Chapter 12 Developing Reflective Learning Journals (p. 165)
Chapter 13 The Overlooked: Landscapes, Artistry and Teaching (p. 181)
Chapter 14 Mirror Mirror: Experiential Workshops Exploring 'Self' in Social Work Education and Practice (p. 193)
Chapter 15 The Labyrinth: A Journey of Discovery (p. 209)
Part V Learning Technologies and Assessment (p. 225)
Chapter 16 Alternatives to the Essay: Creative Ways of Presenting Work for Assessment (p. 227)
Chapter 17 Creativity-mediated Training, Social Networks and Practitioner Enquiry in Higher Education (p. 245)
Conclusion: Arts-based Inquiry as Learning in Higher Education: Purposes, Processes and Responses (p. 257)
Index (p. 271)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Paul McIntosh is a nurse by professional background and Research Fellow at the Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London. He has published a book and a range of papers on creativity, action research and reflective practice.
Digby Warren is head of the Centre for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching at London Metropolitan University. Previously a history lecturer, he has worked in the field of Higher Education development for over two decades.