Product Description

A sound understanding of the role primary creativity plays in learning and teaching will help trainee teachers become creative practitioners and develop creativity in their pupils. The new edition of this popular text retains key material from the previous book, but it has been substantially updated and revised to include six new chapters which explore creativity in both a subject specific context as well as the broader issues of creativity in SMSC and the Foundation Stage. The book is linked throughout to the Standards for the award of QTS and also considers important government agendas such as Every Child Matters.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #33463 in Books
• Published on: 2009-04-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 204 pages

Review
These authors use their thorough knowledge of the subject to open new avenues for the rest of us. --Times Education Supplement

Very user friendly and accessible. An ideal text to support trainee teachers in developing their understanding and planning for creativity in the classroom. --Senior Lecturer, Winchester

Informative and thought provoking. --Course Leader, ELIHE

From the Inside Flap
This book ensures that trainee teachers are aware of what creativity is and how it is nurtured, so that they can foster its development – both in themselves and in their pupils. The theoretical background and nature of creativity is described, alongside demonstrations of how these ideas might be put into practice.

With contributions from leading experts in their fields, the book deals not only with subjects which might be deemed traditionally creative or expressive – such as music and drama – but also explores creative approaches across a range of curricular areas, making links between them where appropriate. Trainees are provided with clear guidelines for fulfilling the National Curriculum in each subject area, while promoting innovative approaches in the classroom.

Readers engage with the book’s content through regular research summaries, examples and case studies, activities for students, reflection points, and annotated lists of further reading.

About the Author
Anthony Wilson works as a Teaching Fellow in Primary English at the University of Exeter. A published poet, his books include How Far From Here Is Home? (Stride, 1996), The Difference (Aldeburgh Poetry Trust, 1999) and Nowhere Better Than This (Worple Press, 2002). He has held writing residencies for Apples and Snakes Poets, The Aldeburgh Poetry Trust and The Poetry Society, for whom he co-edited The Poetry Book for Primary Schools (Poetry Society, 1998), an inspirational compilation according to the Times Educational Supplement. In addition, he has lectured on Tate Britain's Speaking Pictures and Visual Paths programmes, organises training for teachers with the Poetry Society, and is a trainer for the Poetry Society's poetry class team.