Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds

Download or read book Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds written by Cheryl J. Craig and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2011-02-16 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds presents a plethora of approaches to developing human potential in areas not conventionally addressed. Organized in two parts, this international collection of essays provides viable educational alternatives to those currently holding sway in an era of high-stakes accountability. Taken together, the chapters in Part I of Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds provide a sampling of what the cultivation of curious and creative minds entails. The contributing authors shed light on how curiosity and creativity can be approached in the teaching domain and discuss specific ideas concerning how it plays out in particular situations and contexts.