Overview
- Explains what creative teachers actually do, how they do it, and how any motivated teaching professional can develop their own creative teaching competence
- Based on an extensive range of scientific and literary sources, it demystifies much of the confusion that persists relating to human learning and creativity
- Focuses on the science of teaching and learning and how to improve learning and teaching
Part of the book series: Cognitive Science and Technology (CSAT)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book offers teaching/training professionals an evidence-based pedagogic guide to teaching effectively, efficiently and creatively – also known as Creative Teaching Competence. Firstly it summarizes the extensive research on human psychological functioning relating to learning and how this can be fully utilized in the design and facilitation of quality learning experiences that maximize attainment and engagement opportunities. Secondly, it demonstrates what creativity actually ‘looks like’ in terms of specific teaching practices, modeling the underpinning processes (syntax) of creative learning design. It then establishes Metacognitive Capability as the superordinate twenty-first century competency; in that this unique human attribute can significantly enhance the cognitive and motivational strategies essential for facilitating self-directed learning and wellbeing.
The book helps teaching/training professionals to thoughtfully apply evidence-basedknowledge and strategies to today’s challenges, such as developing self-directed learners, enhancing intrinsic motivation, utilizing technology for learning and teaching, developing curricula for twenty-first century competencies and optimally framing and developing the heightened teacher expertise required today.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dennis Sale has taught across all sectors of the British educational system and for the past 24 years trained and coached over 10,000 teaching/training professionals in Singapore and most countries in the Asian region. He has invented curriculum and pedagogic models in the areas of metacognitive capability, creative teaching and blended learning. His most recent books include Creative Teaching: An Evidence-Based Approach (Springer, 2015) and The Challenge of Reframing Engineering Education (Springer, 2013). While in Singapore, Dennis worked as Senior Education Advisor at Singapore Polytechnic for over 15 years, conducted research for the Ministry of Education and provided consultancy and training for both private and public institutions across Asia. His work focuses on how humans learn best, translating evidence-based findings from cognitive science and related fields into professional development programmes that offer high impact learning outcomes for both teachers and students. Dennis has set himself the personal goal of enhancing teacher expertise and learner capability globally.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Creative Teachers
Book Subtitle: Self-directed Learners
Authors: Dennis Sale
Series Title: Cognitive Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3469-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Intelligent Technologies and Robotics, Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-3468-3Published: 06 March 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-3471-3Published: 06 March 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-3469-0Published: 05 March 2020
Series ISSN: 2195-3988
Series E-ISSN: 2195-3996
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 357
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 29 illustrations in colour
Topics: Computational Intelligence, Science Education, Complexity, Educational Policy and Politics, Job Careers in Science and Engineering