Generative Conversations for Creative Learning Reimagining Literacy Education and Understanding /

• Main Authors: Latham, Gloria (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Ewing, Robyn (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Creativity, Education and the Arts
• Subjects: Art education.; Literacy.; Sociolinguistics.; Learning.; Instruction.; Educational technology.; Creativity and Arts Education.; Learning & Instruction.; Technology and Digital Education.

This book builds on conversations between the author educators and other experts in the field, including authors, illustrators and teachers, to explore the benefits of discussions around quality literature within a classroom context that exercises the imagination and generates new ideas and discover...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Conversation around the Book's Beginning and Central Themes
• Conversation around Re-imagining Literacy Learning
• Conversation around Curiosity and Creativity
• Conversation around the Power of the Imagination
• Conversation around current Educational Tensions
• Conversation around Building a Place for Belonging
• Conversation around Different Kinds of Classroom Gatherings
• Conversation around Storying and Storytelling
• Conversation around 21st Century Teachers' Mindsets and Roles
• Conversation around Questioning and Providing Feedback
• Conversation around Selecting Quality Literature
• Conversation around the Art of Asking and Responding to Big Questions
• Conversation around Dramatic Play
• Hope in Dark Times Unit Summary
• A Postscript around Drama Play
• Conversation around Poetry
• Conversation around Lingering Questions and Authentic Assessment
• Coda.