The Creative Classroom Innovative Teaching for by Keith Sawyer PAPERBACK

The Creative ClassroomInnovative Teaching for 21st-Century Learners\nAuthor(s): Keith Sawyer, Tony Wagner\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Teachers' College Press, United States\nImprint: Teachers' College Press\nISBN-13: 9780807761212, 978-0807761212\nSynopsis\nThe Creative Classroom presents an original, compelling vision of schools where teaching and learning are centered on creativity. Drawing on the latest research and his studies of jazz and improvised theater, Sawyer describes curricula and classroom practices that will help educators get started with a new style of teaching, guided improvisation, where students are given freedom to explore within structures provided by the teacher. Readers will learn how to improve learning outcomes in all subjectsfrom science and math to history and language artsby helping students master content-area standards at the same time as they increase their creative potential. This book shows how teachers and school leaders can work together to overc.