James / Brookfield Engaging Imagination

Helping Students Become Creative and Reflective Thinkers
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-83619-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten, E-Book

How to nurture creativity in tomorrow'sinnovators--today's college students
When asked what they want colleges to emphasize most, employersdidn't put science, computing, math, or business managementfirst. According to AAC&U's 2013 employer survey, 95% ofemployers give hiring preference to college graduates with skillsthat will enable them to contribute to innovation in the workplace.In Engaging Imagination: Helping Students Become Creative andReflective Thinkers, two leading educators help collegeinstructors across disciplines engage students in nurturingcreativity and innovation for success beyond the classroom. AlisonJames, an expert in creative arts education, and Stephen D.Brookfield, bestselling author, outline how creative explorationcan extend students' reflective capabilities in a purposefulway, help them understand their own potential and learning moreclearly, and imbue students with the freedom to generate andexplore new questions.
This book:
* shows why building creative skills pays dividends in theclassroom and in students' professional lives long aftergraduation;
* offers research-based, classroom-tested approaches tocultivating creativity and innovation in the college setting;
* provides practical tools for incorporating "play"into the college curriculum;
* draws on recent advances in the corporate sector where creativeapproaches have been adopted to reinvigorate thinking andproblem-solving processes; and
* includes examples from a variety of disciplines andsettings.
Engaging Imagination is for college and university facultywho need to prepare students for the real challenges oftomorrow's workplace.

Autoren/Hrsg.

James, Alison

Brookfield, Stephen D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xxi
About the Authors xxiii
Part 1 Understanding the Role of Imagination in Learning 1
1. How Engaging the Imagination Fosters Reflective Thinking 3
2. Introducing Refl ective Thinking to Students 25
3. Connecting Creativity, Imagination, and Play 47
Part 2 Engaging Imagination Tools and Techniques 67
4. Using Visual Methods of Teaching and Learning 69
5. How Story and Metaphor Provoke Reflective Thinking 93
6. Playing Seriously: Legos and Labyrinths 115
7. Playing with Space: Pods and Patchwork 139
8. Asking Powerful Questions 163
9. Building Reflective Communities: Maps and Mazes 185
Part 3 Negotiating the Emotional Realities of Engaging Imagination 207
10. Keeping Energy and Morale High 209
11. Engaging Our Own Imaginations as Authors 233
References 251
Index 261

Über Autor(innen)

ALISON JAMES is a Principal Fellow of the HigherEducation Academy in the UK and has worked in creative artseducation for more than two decades. During this time she hastaught students at all levels, run a learning support service,carried out extensive staff development on all aspects of pedagogy,and conducted research into student learning through personal andprofessional development. She has taught, written, and presentednationally and internationally on personal and professionaldevelopment in fashion and the creative industries, emphasizingplay and interactivity in reflective practice. Her publications onthese and other subjects include a monograph, solo and coauthoredbook chapters, and journal articles.
STEPHEN D. BROOKFIELD is the John Ireland Endowed Chairat the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For morethan 40 years, he has taught in England, Canada, Australia, and theUnited States. A six-time winner of the Cyril O. Houle Award forOutstanding Literature in Adult Education, he is the author ofnumerous books on teaching including Teaching for CriticalThinking (2011), The Skillful Teacher (Second Edition,2006), and Discussion as a Way of Teaching (Second Edition,2005), all from Jossey-Bass.