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The Creative Classroom presents an original, compelling vision of schools where teaching and learning are centered on creativity. Drawing on the latest research as well as 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 subjects—from science and math to history and language arts—by 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 overcome all-too-common barriers to creative teaching—leadership, structure, and culture—and collaborate to transform schools into creative organizations. (From the Publisher)

Table Of Content:
Foreword (Tony Wagner)
 
Acknowledgments 
Part 1. Introduction
  Teaching with Guided Improvisation
  Facing the Teaching Paradox
  The Creative Teachers of the Future
 
Part 2. Teaching Creative Knowledge
  Creative Knowledge and Shallow Knowledge
  Moving Beyond the Coverage Trap
  Learning Creativity and State Standards
  Creative Habits of Mind
  Creative Knowledge in Math, Science, and History
  Teaching for Creativity in Every Subject
 
Part 3. Guided Improvisation
  Learning to Improvise
  Collaboration and Improvisation
  Improv Techniques for Teachers
  When Teachers Need to Break the Rules
  Lesson Planning for Guided Improvisation
  Balancing Structure and Improvisation
  Summary
 
Part 4. Mastering the Teaching Paradox
  The Structures of Guided Improvisation
  Project-Based Learning and the Teaching Paradox
  Managing the Teaching Paradox: Six Case Studies
  From Novice Teacher to Expert Improviser
  Improvising with Pedagogical Content Knowledge
  Summary
 
Part 5. Schools for Creativity
  The Culture of the Creative School
  Leadership in the Creative School
  The Organizational Structure of the Creative School
  Assessment in the Creative School
  Summary
 
Part 6. A Call to Action
 
References
 
Index
 
About the Author