The Creative Classroom

1. Methods and practices

1.1. Learning trajectory

1.2. Iterative creative process

1.3. Guided Improvisation

1.4. Open-ended questions/problems

1.5. Scaffolds

1.5.1. Fading

1.6. Un-teaching

1.7. Plan for improvisation

1.8. Improvisational pedagogy

1.8.1. Metacommunication

1.8.2. Routines

1.9. Assessing creative knowledge

1.9.1. Formative assessment

1.10. Project-based learning

1.11. Collaborative improvisation/co-construction

2. Conditions for success

2.1. Pedagogical content knowledge

2.2. School culture for creativity

2.3. Organizational structure for creativity

3. Characteristics/attributes

3.1. Nature of creativity

3.2. Depth over breadth

3.3. Balance of structure and improvisation

3.4. Playfulness

3.5. Productive failure

3.6. Remote associations

3.7. Intrinsic motivation

3.8. Unpredictability/nonlinearity

3.9. Domain specificity

4. Outcomes

4.1. Adaptive expertise

4.2. Creative knowledge

4.2.1. Big knowledge

4.2.2. Deep knowledge

4.2.3. Connected knowledge

4.3. Creative habits of mind

4.3.1. Mindful awareness

4.3.2. Combinatorial thinking

4.3.3. Question finding

4.3.4. Divergent thinking

4.3.5. Imaginative thinking

4.4. Application of concepts

4.5. Externalized learning

4.6. Collaborative emergence