Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Jill B. Cummings and Mary L. Blatherwick -- Understanding Creativity / Philip A. Lambert -- Time to Learn with Creativity in Mind / Paul Syme -- Developing Creativity and Imagination by Accumulating Lots of Useless Knowledge / Kieran Egan -- Re-Imagining Relevance in Education / Gillian Judson -- Creative Development in Teacher Education / Robert Kelly -- Identity Text Projects / Jim Cummins , Burcu Yaman Ntelioglou , Gail Prasad and Saskia Stille -- The Art of Cultivating Clever Questions to Empower Students,Improve Teaching, and Open up the Curriculum / Samuel LeBlanc -- Creative Practices in the Observation of Everyday Life / Gerald C. Cupchik -- Back to the Garden / Mary L. Blatherwick and Jill B. Cummings -- Enhancing Education / Adrian McKerracher , Anita Sinner , Erika Hasebe- Ludt , Carl Leggo , Kerri Mesner and Dustin Garnet -- Autobiographical Creation / Antoinette Gagné , Sreemali Herath and Marlon Valencia -- Art Matters / Elizabeth Ashworth and Kathy Mantas -- Integrating the “Human Feel” into Online Second/Additional Language Teaching Approaches / Geoff Lawrence -- The Zone of Proximal Development and the Twin Poles of Teaching and Assessing in Vygotsky’s Developmental Education / Matthew E. Poehner -- Digiart and Human Rights / Joanna Black -- Card Tricks Discovery Learning and Flow in Mathematics Teacher Education / Peter Liljedahl -- Imagining Alberta’s First Nations / Belinda Jamieson -- The Importance of Art in Children’s Writing Education / Leslie Julia Brewster -- De-Constructing Cabinets of Curiosity / Cynthia Wallace- Casey -- Cultivating Creativity / Susan Galbraith -- STEM and a Framework for Learning / Ian Fogarty and Christopher Lee Ryan -- Conceptualizing and Implementing Critical Filmmaking Pedagogies / Matthew Rogers -- European Ideas in Education / Eleni Karavanidou -- Using Experiential Learning to Engage Aboriginal Students in the Visual Arts Classroom / Margaret Sadler -- Web-Based Arts Education / Heather McLeod and Marlene Brooks -- Play and Learn / Ahmad Khanlari -- Bringing Imagination and Literacy Circles into the Math Classroom / Sylvie Morice -- Glyffix Play / Dale Vandenborre -- Tutoring Second Language Learners within Their Zone of Proximal Development / Ally A. Zhou and Xiaomin Hu -- Assessing Creativity in the School Classroom / Robin Beyea -- Language Acquisition through Personal Story Writing / Lorraine Lasmanis -- A Creative Process / Trevor Strong -- From Research Technique to Classroom Activity / Michael Busch -- Caring for the Whole Person in the EAP Classroom / Snezhana Harizanova -- Strategies to Engage and Transform Teacher Learners in an Online Course / Antoinette Gagné , Sreemali Herath and Marlon Valencia -- About the Contributors / Jill B. Cummings and Mary L. Blatherwick.

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In a rapidly changing world the importance of creativity is more apparent than ever. As a result, creativity is now essential in education. Creative Dimensions of Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century appeals to educators across disciplines teaching at every age level who are challenged daily to develop creative practices that promote innovation, critical thinking and problem solving. The thirty-five original chapters written by educators from different disciplines focus on theoretical and practical strategies for teaching creatively in contexts ranging from mathematics to music, art education to second language learning, aboriginal wisdom to technology and STEM. They explore and illustrate deep learning that is connected to issues vital in education – innovation, identity, engagement, relevance, interaction, collaboration, on-line learning, dynamic assessment, learner autonomy, sensory awareness, social justice, aesthetics, critical thinking, digital media, multi-modal literacy and more. The editors and authors share their passion for creativity, teaching, learning, curriculum, and teacher education in this collection that critically examines creative practices that are appearing in today’s public schools, post-secondary institutions and adult and community learning centres. Creativity is transforming education in the 21st century.