Creative Partnerships in practice : developing creative learners / / David Parker

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790880603321
• Autore: Parker David <1969->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Continuum, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-4411-6463-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (230 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.102
• Soggetti: Creative teaching - Great Britain; Creative activities and seat work
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""FC ""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Creative Planning and Evaluating â€? Change Processesor Change Arts Projects?""; ""Questions, questions, questions""; ""Why evaluate anyway?""; ""The four phase evaluation model""; ""â€?Ways inâ€? with planning and evaluation""; ""Examples of noteworthy aspects of this model ofplanning and evaluating""; ""Reflection â€? useful thoughts to keep in mind duringthe reflection phase""; ""What you will achieve by asking these questions""; ""2. School Stories â€? How Did CreativePartnerships Work in Practice?""""The Arnold Centre, Rotherham""; ""Lancasterian Special School, West Didsbury""; ""Minterne Community Junior School, Sittingbourne""; ""3. Creative School Ethos""; ""Background â€? why is ethos important?""; ""Types of creative school ethos""; ""The School Ethos Research Project: Case studies ofhow types of ethos evolved in schools""; ""4. Creative Learning â€? Pupil Impact""; ""What the numbers say: statistical analyses of CreativePartnershipsâ€? impact on pupil attainment andattendance""; ""Creativity and pupil well-being â€? how does a creativeapproach help?""""Impacts on student learning â€? the case of visuallearning and literacy skills""; ""Summary: The outcomes of Creative Partnerships""; ""5. Creative Professional Development for Teachers ""; ""The impacts of Creative Partnerships on teachers andschool staff""; ""6. Creative Artists and Their Practiceâ€? Do They Really Add Value?""; ""Case Study: ; Signature Pedagogies""; ""Pedagogic practices of creative practitioners""; ""Benefits of creative practitioners to creative learning""; ""7. Creativity in Schools and Parental Involvement""""Parental influence on childrenâ€?s learning""; ""Children talking about school in the home â€? why isthis important to parents?""; ""How creativity helps shift parentsâ€? views on childrenâ€?slearning and the role of the curriculum""; ""Parentâ€?s views on the long-term benefits of creativelearning""; ""Parents as learners""; ""Parents joining the creative learning journey""; ""Connecting schools and communities""; ""Summary: The benefits of creative learning for parentsand how schools can embed this in their practice""; ""8. Creative Assessment and Progression""""Assessing creativity â€? what are the choices?""; ""Developing a new assessment tool""; ""Five creative â€?habitsâ€? of the creative mind""; ""Using the new model in your school or learning site""; ""End of book notes""; ""Afterword: CreativePartnerships â€? The Future""; ""References""; ""Appendix 1: Creative Partnerships 2002 â€?2011: Key Facts and Figures""; ""Appendix 2: Discussing the Rhetorics ofCreativity â€? Prompt Questionsfrom Banaji et al. (2010)""; ""Appendix 3: Creative Learning â€? BigPaper Training Exercise andExamples of Outcomes""; ""Appendix 4: Evaluation â€? CreativeLearning Forms""