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Big Wins, Small Steps: How to Lead For and With Creativity

Autor Ronald A. Beghetto
en Limba Engleză Electronic book text – 8 mai 2016
This book is loaded with practical, implementation strategies providing a framework for infusing creativity into schools by making slight adjustments to existing practices. Practical examples are incorporated throughout the book to clarify how readers can apply key concepts and principles to their own practice. There are vignettes, case studies, applied examples, and concrete recommendations to bring concepts to life and illustrate how the ideas and principles can be applied in the professional work of teachers and instructional leaders.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781506343037
ISBN-10: 1506343031
Pagini: 160
Dimensiuni: 187 x 232 mm
Ediția:1
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Corwin
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States

Recenzii

"In a world in which change comes at alarmingly faster rates each year (or so it would seem), it is refreshing to have a source that encourages us to take small steps within the context of our current efforts in instructional leadership which will lead to greater gains. This book is a great companion for any educational leader who wishes to model creative leadership within their building."
"Big Wins, Small Stepsgives Principals, Teachers, & Instructional Leaders a framework to reference when looking out how to increase the creative spirit in our schools, and what steps we can do to support our students."


"I suggest that all school leaders consider this book as Ron Beghetto's engaging work on creativity has profound implications for schools, and for the staff and students within them." 
"At a time when creativity has become the holy-grail in education, Beghetto presents an authoritative, accessible, and unpretentious pathway toward creative leadership and leadership for creativity. Insightful, practical, and based on solid research, not popular myth.”
"Creativity is a process. It is an intrinsic skill -- the key skill needed to negotiate a complex world. Big Wins, Small Stepsinvites educators to teach creativity by first practicing deliberate creativity. This practical guide will cultivate your creativity one small step at a time."

Cuprins

Preface
Chapter 1. Respond Creatively: A Small-Steps Approach
Rethinking Creative Leadership
Responding to Uncertainty
Introducing the SAIL Framework
Chapter 2. Sit With Uncertainty
The Creative Potential of Uncertainty
Sit With Uncertainty: Principles of Practice
Putting the Principles in Practice
Chapter 3. Engage in Possibility Thinking
Possibility Thinking: A Different Way of Reasoning
Engage in Possibility Thinking: Principles of Practice
Putting the Principles in Practice
Chapter 4. Prune Possibilities
The Power of Pruning Possibilities
Creativity and Criticism
Prune Possibilities: Principles of Practice
Putting the Principles in Practice
Chapter 5. Take Measured Action
The Power of Small Data
The Progress Principle
Take Measured Action: Principles of Practice
Putting the Principles in Practice
Chapter 6. Reclaiming Your Creativity as an Instructional Leader
A Dozen Action Items for Instructional Leaders
Creativity Resources
Appendix A: Creative Leader Checklists
Appendix B: Ground Rules
Appendix C: Heuristics for Possibility Thinking
Appendix D: Action Items for Instructional Leaders

Descriere

This book addresses the key challenges facing instructional leaders interested in fostering creativity in schools and classrooms. It provides educators with practical and actionable guidelines for how to take small-steps toward improving existing teaching, learning, and leadership practices.