Alane Jordan Starko’s fifth edition of Creativity in the Classroom: Schools of Curious Delight is a great resources that visits a wide range of practical topics relating to creativity in the classroom. The book has been divided into two parts, the first discusses the more theoretical aspects of creativity, such as understanding creative people and the process, the nature of creativity and how we might recognize it in our students this section also considers how culture and creativity interact and characteristics of creative people. This gives the reader some intorduction and insight when looking at the creative process and the implications of creativity on students. The second section connects to the more pracitcal side of creativity. Since this is a book targeting teachers, it discusses techniques developed to teach creative thinking and how it might be applied in the classroom. This section also targets how to support creative learning in major content areas such as the arts, language arts, social studies, mathematics and science.
Something else that Alane touched on is the aspect of classroom management, organization and assessment. I think that this is a very useful resources that should be looked at by any teacher that is looking to implement creative learning into their classroom. The book also includes activities that encourage teachers to engage in creative activities, reflect on the creative process and experiment with developing skills that might enhance creativity.
Reference:
Starko, A. J. (2014). Creativity in the Classroom: Schools of Curious Delight (5th ed.). New York, NY: Routledge. Retrieved February 10, 2016, from https://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=WVciAQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=how to incorporate creativity in the classroom&ots=PetEmz3qu7&sig=ECVxZvtigXL-BrLruHFkbnakRm8#v=onepage&q=how to incorporate creativity in the classroom&f=false.