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Direct linkCropley, Arthur; Cropley, David – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2008
Many teachers are interested in fostering creativity, and there are good reasons for doing so. However, the question of how to do it is made difficult by the paradoxes of creativity: mutually contradictory findings that are, nonetheless, simultaneously true (e.g. convergent thinking hampers creativity but is also necessary for it). These paradoxes…
Descriptors: Creativity, Convergent Thinking, Teaching Methods, Cognitive Processes
Gobert, Janice D.; Pallant, Amy – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2004
A curriculum unit for middle school Earth Science called "What's on Your Plate?" was designed. The unit was implemented in several middle and high school classrooms in California and Massachusetts. In the first implementation, the total number of students who participated was 1100. The unit was designed with two main pedagogical…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Epistemology, Models, Earth Science
