Creative Teachers
About This Book
Teachers and trainers who want to instruct with skill, economy and imagination will find a practical handbook here, built on what researchers have learned about how people think and learn. The author surveys a large body of psychological research on learning and shows how those findings can shape lessons and training sessions so that learners achieve more and stay more absorbed. The approach is also known as Creative Teaching Competence. Rather than treating creativity as an abstract ideal, the book shows what it looks like in everyday classroom and training practice. It breaks down the underlying steps of creative learning design so readers can see the structure behind inventive lessons and rebuild it in their own work. The author then argues that metacognition, the ability to reflect on and manage one's own thinking, is the leading competency for the modern era. Because it can sharpen the thinking and motivational habits that help learners direct their own study and protect their wellbeing, it sits at the centre of the approach. The later chapters turn to the problems educators face today. They cover how to nurture learners who manage their own progress, how to strengthen the drive that comes from within rather than from rewards or pressure, how to make good use of technology in teaching, how to design curricula around the skills learners need now, and how to develop and frame the deeper expertise that modern teachers require.
ISBN: 9789811534713
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