ERIC Number: EJ988027
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Jul
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Teaching for Creativity
Meyer, Allison Antink
Science Teacher, v79 n5 p54-56 Jul 2012
Science teachers are often content to leave creativity to the arts and humanities classes. Fostering creativity in science, if attempted at all, is a challenge often relegated to the gifted classroom. But not just the privileged few have the capacity to be creative. Simply restructuring existing lessons can help promote creativity in all science students. Teaching for creativity can help students improve critical-thinking skills, motivation, and engagement and start to understand the role of creativity in developing new scientific knowledge. This article shows how to modify existing lessons and labs to promote creativity in the classroom.
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Creativity, Science Teachers, Humanities, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Problem Based Learning, Scientific Principles, Physical Sciences, Physics, Creative Thinking, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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