Ashley Baustert
Megan Keaton
Eng 112-12
27 March 2013
Creativity
in Schools
Scherer,
Marge. "Who's Creative?."Educational Leadership 70.5 (2013): 7.Academic Search
Complete. Web. 21 Mar. 2013.
In this article, Scherer tells the reader that
there are different ways of learning the words for a spelling test. Scherer
says that “My colleague Reece still sings that to herself when she writes that
word” the word she is talking about it beautiful. When Reece was in second
grade her teacher split her class up into groups. Each group had to learn all
the spelling words for that week. The groups also had all different types of
readers some that were great at it and some not so much. “Reece was skeptical –
such long words plus she had to work with kids who couldn’t even read” said
Scherer. After being in the groups and seeing that the kids that could not read
so well were doing so great on the spelling test everyone wanted to know how
they were doing so great. Scherer also talks about different examples of
creativity. “Mini-c creativity, defined in this issue by Ronald A. Beghetto and
James C. Kaufman (p10.) as interpretive creativity, or having a new insight
into how to solve a small problem.” Scherer goes and learns different ways that
teachers are using to teach creativity in schools.
In the last few paragraphs as the article winds
down Scherer talks about there being another message in the articles about
“creative learning: schools cannot afford to leave creativity on the back
burner” In the first part of the article Scherer tells the reader that her
colleague stills signs words that she learned to spell every time she uses the
word. There are many of different creativity thoughts in the article. Scherer had
a lot of thoughts and the reader could have lost track on what was going on.
Scherer could have talked more about just one idea.
This
article will help me in my research because she talks about how there are
different ways to learn and they can even be fun. Scherer lets us see four
different ways that creativity works in schools. I think this could help me
knowing that there is more than just one way to be creative in schools.
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“The
latter method, Reece remembers, was suggested by one of the kids in the lowest
reading group.”
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"There
were aha moments going on in that classroom all the time," Reese
remembers.
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"Teachers
who understand that creativity combines both originality and task
appropriateness," Beghetto and Kaufman write, "are in a better
position to integrate student creativity into the everyday curriculum in ways
that complement, rather than compete with, academic learning."
Keeter, Meredith. "Let Your Students Do
The Talking." Knowledge Quest 41.3 (2013): 34-35. Academic
Search Complete. Web. 18 Mar. 2013.
In this
article Keeter argues that people who like text only books judge the ones who like
graphic novels. This article lets the reader know that being in the library can
be fun not just for studying and doing work. Keeter did a comic book for the
whole school to make up a story. Keeter got a friend that is a graphic novel
illustrator to make up the pictures than the school was to come up with the
words. The comic book was outside the library and every day the students would
put their thoughts of what the comic would say. At the end of the day Keeter
would look at them all and pick winner. The winner would get a piece of chocolate
delivered to their class the next morning. Everyone liked the idea and all the
kids at the school joined in on the fun.
While the
children at Keeter’s school had to make up a story line to a comic book the
library was writing. The first part of the article the reader sees how a
librarian feels about the library and the children at that school. The article
gets close to the end and Keeter talks about how a boy that did not really like
the library but wanted to win the candy. The little boy would try and try to
win but never did. He got upset and stops trying, Keeter saw this happening and
tried to help.
I can use this article for my research because
of how Keeter uses the comic book as an example of creativity in her school.
This is another way why creativity is a good thing to have in schools. It lets
the students think and have a good time doing it. The article shows how the
students really liked the comic books and got them into the library. I think
that this could really help my argument about creativity in schools.
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"You know this story and these characters. You have been
following along every day. What do you think Joe would say next?"
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"These people are simply not aware of the diversity and
depth of graphic novels."
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“Alex
called the pages "a doodle," but I was blown away by his artistic
ability, and the students recognized that the pages could have been straight
from a comic book.”
"Student Voices." Technology & Learning 33.8 (2013): 34-36. Academic Search Complete. Web.
21 Mar. 2013.
This article is different than most articles.
It talks about how different schools use digital skills to learn. The first
part of the article is about having AV equipment to video tape there schools
athletics department. This was good for the students to learn how to use the
equipment and it allowed them to be more creative with taking the video. The
students at Marianapolis Prep School were happy to have the chance to be a part
of this. The next part of the article was about photo editing. New Milford High
School in New Jersey art class learns how to use the pictures they took at the
museum to help with their project back at school. One student used the pictures
he took to make a collage New York. The Student, Tariq Khan, uses photo
montaging, color theory, composition, and digital mastery to help make his
collage perfect. The last part of the article is about how students in a
kindergarten class from Istanbul Turkey used digital games to help them learn
and teach materials with their skills. The students first colored the two main
characters for their game. The boy’s name was bubble and the girl’s name was
pebble. After they got the characters done then they spoke in English to help
me with pronunciation as they recorded themselves. This helps the students with
their creativity.
This article goes from one thing to the next.
There is never just one main point to the argument. All the parts of the
article talks about creativity helping the students and how digital equipment
can help the students learn. While the author is talking about how digital
things help the students with creativity the reader loses what the main point
of the article really is.
I think I could use this article as something
that might hurt or help the students. This as a lot of different parts and I
could use most of them. As I write my other papers I will only use the
information I need for the argument. I like how it talks about using digital
equipment to help with their creative side. I have not seen another article
like this one so it will be a big help to my research.
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"But taking on that level of responsibility is what has
created this incredible sense of empowerment among the TechCrew."
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The
children developed their own learning and teaching materials by combining their
English, IT, and animation skills, and they shared their results with children
from all over the world.
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This was an inspiring and motivational project for the
children and the teachers.
“Creativity in Schools.” Personal interview. 28 Mar. 2013
This
interview was about how creativity has effected how schools as of today. Untz
said that “when going through my student teaching I said that creativity and
related arts were not as big in this school as I have seen before.” Untz is
wondering if taking out creativity in schools is a good thing. “Creativity is
not what the students are going to school for they are going to learn” said
Untz. The interview went on to talk about how core classes are more what the
younger students need not really creativity.
Untz talked
about a lot of good things in the interview. What was really good was the
argument about if creativity in schools should stay. Untz has really gone
through and studied her students and other schools she has been to.
I can use
this interview in my research because Untz really talked about the side for
taking creativity in schools out and focus on the core classes. I think this
could help me with having this side of the argument as well as the side of
having creativity in schools.
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“Creativity
is not what the students are going to school for they are going to learn”
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“when
going through my student teaching I said that creativity and related arts were
not as big in this school as I have seen before.”
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“Creativity
is a part of schools but maybe too big of a part and taking away from what the
students are there to learn.”
Wright, Susan. "Chapter 1." The Arts, Young Children, and Learning. Boston: Allyn and
Bacon, 2003. 8-9. Print.
In this book it talks about the having
creativity within yourself. There is a lot of information in this book but only
something’s went along with the argument. Intelligence and Knowledge and
Thinking Styles are two good arguments. Thinking styles talks about it “not
being an abilities but how individuals use their abilities and skills to learn
and solve problems.” Intelligence and Knowledge talk about personality is a
significant thing in creativity.
Sternberg
talks about having three different roles in intelligence and having creativity.
Sternberg goes on to talk about the three roles but could have gone into more
detail. Sternberg should have gone into more detail than he could have had a
better argument for the three roles.
I
can use this book and the information in the book for my research by using
Sternberg’s three roles in intelligence. I feel like there is a lot of
information that could help argue my point well and help me understand the
point better. I think if I use this information than I will have good points
for the argument that is being made and will have some good quotes to help me.
If I use this information in my paper then I will have views from both sides of
creativity in schools.
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“Thinking styles are not abilities, but
how individuals use their
abilities and skills to learn and solve problems.” Pg. 9
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“Creative vision involves not only
knowledge but also a willingness to see past it.” Pg9
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“While personality is a significant
influencing factor in creative individuals, it also links closely to the areas
of intelligence and knowledge.”
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