Flying in the face of current thinking, this book suggests that we do not need to ‘think outside the box’ in our quest for creativity, rather we should rethink the way we look ‘inside the box’. This idea will resonate only too well with those who have endeavoured to be creative by thinking outside that box, only to have their attempts scuppered by the constraints of bureaucracy and organizational politics. Instead of fighting a losing battle, the author suggests that creativity should be worked at within the constraints of the organizational box, but that space needs to be grown and allowed to be shaken up. Only by experimenting, mutating and finding new directions can you uncover business paths that lead to success. The reader is encouraged not to free themselves from all their knowledge and experiences (the thinking outside the box method) but to use their knowledge and experience in new ways. The book is structured around three key steps: Expanding the box: so that the pieces of the puzzle in it can move around more freely Filling the box: with even more knowledge, and how to get these new pieces of the puzzle to connect with the existing ones Shaking the box: so that the pieces fall into new places and form new patterns. The book shows that anybody can be creative. The creative methods suggested in the book will be linked to real business examples from which techniques have been developed to help their implementation. Numerous exercises and ‘eye-openers’ form part of the practical implementation of Micael Dahlén’s ideas. The book is framed by models and concepts of how creativity works (the creative process, the creative person and the creative result) and what its effects are.

The biographical section of this resource records 1000 US artists. Other sections contain lists of museums with folk, self-taught and outsider art in their permanent collections; galleries; organisations; publications; exhibitions; educational opportunities; and an annotated bibliography.

The need for new thinking in the world, both official leadership and for all participating members of society has been a glaring reality in recent times. The idea of teaching students how to use the full potential of their thinking apparatus is not absurd--simply logical and timely. Opportunities for creative expression are central to the development of a sense of personal identity and significance when creative thinking and expression are valued by the powers that be. In this book, the author stresses the importance of radical change in educational practices as a necessity.

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Developed to help educators locate microcomputer software programs they may want to preview for students in grades K-12, this guide lists commercially available instructional software programs that have been favorably reviewed by members of the Educational Software Evaluation Consortium. Programs are arranged alphabetically by title within curriculum areas: art; business education (accounting/bookkeeping, economics, and typing); computers; electronic periodicals; health, instructional tools (authoring system, classroom management, database, graphics generator, instructional materials generator, spelling checker, spreadsheet, student study aid, telecommunications, and word processor); keyboarding; language arts; library media skills; mathematics (advanced mathematics, algebra, geometry/measurement, number, problem solving and statistics); music; preschool/early childhood; problem solving/logic; science (astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, environmental education/ecology, general science, physics, and scientific method/lab equipment); social science (economics, geography, government/political science, history, and sociology); tests and testing; vocational education/industrial arts; world languages (French, German, Spanish, and language tool). Information provided for each program includes the title, publishers, computer and instructional mode specifications, grade level(s), price, and a very brief annotation. A list of review participants, abbreviation keys, an alphabetical list of titles, publishers' addresses, 11 articles and a policy statement on software use, review, and evaluation, eight of which are reprints from Computers in Composition Instruction or The Computing Teacher are also included. (EW)