Table of Contents

Preface: Why Creativity in the Classroom?

Part I: Understanding Creative People and Processes

1. What is Creativity?

2. Models of the Creative Process

3. Theories of Creativity: The Individual

4. Theories of Creativity: Systems in Context

5. Creative People

Part II: Creativity and Classroom Life

6. Teaching Creative Thinking Skills and Habits

7. Creativity in the Content Areas: Language Arts, Social Studies and the Arts

8. Creativity in the Content Areas: Science, Math, and General Teaching Strategies

9. Motivation, Creativity, and Classroom Organization

10. Assessing Creativity

Appendix: Problem-Finding Lessons

References

Author Index

Subject Index

About the Author

Alane Jordan Starko is currently a Professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Eastern Michigan University. A former elementary school teacher, teacher of the gifted, and head of the Teacher Education Department, she also served on the board of directors of the National Association for Gifted Children. She writes in the areas of creativity, education of the gifted, and curriculum.