Tag: Creativity

International Perspectives on Creativity in the Foreign Language Classrooms


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English | ISBN: 1536180858 | 2020 | 316 pages | PDF | 5 MB
"The book titled "International Perspectives on Creativity in the Foreign Language Classrooms" aspires to provide a reflective and descriptive account of creative practices as well as research related to creativity from an international perspective. In particular, through a collection of 12 studies conducted in various countries and continents, an attempt is made to provide readers with creative examples of teaching practice and research incentives, as proposed and presented by the authors of this collected edition. The contributors of this book report and reflect on classroom practices that increase motivation, promote creative learning, heighten learners’ creativity, enhance their learning potential and their multicultural sensitivity. They discuss challenges of applications in diverse contexts based on playful activities and stories that develop a creative learning environment in a foreign language classroom. Some other studies focus on multiple intelligences theory approach making students ‘know’ and’apply’ the appropriate behaviour and they present creative ways and multisensory approaches of approaching dyslexic students in a language classroom. The authors provide perspectives from different angles on the above mentioned issues demonstrating thatmultiliteracies practices, games, different art forms, popular-culture texts, digital storytelling and interactive activities could be effective tools in foreign language learning"-

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Insights of Genius Imagery and Creativity in Science and Art


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1996 | 482 Pages | ISBN: 1461275237 | PDF | 11 MB
Since the Enlightenment, science has been seen as an objective, true method of explanation about the physical and mathematical laws that explain and govern the universe. The 20th Century has shown that science is also a human enterprise, informed by idealogy and other assumptions. In this book, distinguished historian and philosopher of science Arthur Miller examines these and other important questions about what and how we know about the world. Dr. Miller also discusses, in non-technical language, our current ideas about the nature of scientific thought and explanation, its relation to truth, and the relationship between scientific and common sense. Does science, in its historical claim as an exalted endeavor, stand above other human activities?

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Transformational Creativity Learning for a Better Future


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English | March 20, 2024 | ISBN: 3031515897 | 314 pages | MOBI | 2.25 Mb
This edited volume brings together leading scholars in diverse disciplines to share their best thinking on how creativity can be conceived of, taught for, and deployed to serve rather than undermine humanity. Transformational creativity, as defined in this book, is creativity deployed to make a positive, meaningful, and potentially enduring difference to the world. Transformational creativity is compared to transactional creativity, which is creativity deployed in search of a reward, whether externally or internally generated.

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The Cult of Creativity A Surprisingly Recent History


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English | April 18, 2023 | ISBN: 022665785X | 264 pages | MOBI | 1.56 Mb
A history of how, in the mid-twentieth century, we came to believe in the concept of creativity. Named a best book of 2023 by the New Yorker and a notable book of 2023 by Behavioral Scientist.

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Tarot for Creativity A Guide for Igniting Your Creative Practice


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English | October 1st, 2024 | ISBN: 1797225553 | 288 pages | True EPUB | 90.64 MB
Tarot isn’t just for divination-it’s also a great way to connect to your creativity. Discover how tarot can help you stay inspired and make your best work with this practical guidebook.

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Crises, Creativity and Innovation


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English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031617819 | 372 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 12 MB
This book aims to provide a better understanding of the different practices of creativity and innovation under crisis situations. Drawing on theories and studies by scholars in psychology, education, and organizational behavior, this edited collection brings together renowned international experts to explore the active and reactive adaptations to the transformations caused by crises. It discusses how abrupt changes in personal, social, political, economic, or environmental affairs are an integral part of our individual and social lives, which drive people and organizations to adapt and change.

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