Exploring the Benefits of Creativity in Education, Media, and the Arts

Exploring the Benefits of Creativity in Education, Media, and the Arts
Author: Silton, Nava R.
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 483
Release: 2016-06-27
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1522505059

The use of imagination can lead to greater outcomes in problem solving, innovation, and critical thinking. By providing access to creative outlets, productivity increases in schools, businesses, and other professional settings. Exploring the Benefits of Creativity in Education, Media, and the Arts is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on the stimulation and implementation of creative thinking in academic and professional environments. Highlighting the foundations of creativity from theoretical and neuroscientific perspectives, this book is ideally designed for academics, professionals, educators, and practitioners.

Creativity and Education

Creativity and Education
Author: Anne Harris
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2016-06-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1137572248

This book advances an environmental approach to enhancing creativity in schools, by interweaving educational creativity theory with creative industries environmental approaches. Using Anna Craft’s last book Creativity and Education Futures as a starting point, the book sets out an up-to-date argument for why education policy should be supporting a birth-to-workplace approach to developing creative skills and capacities that extends across the education lifespan. The book also draws on the voices of school teachers, students and leaders who suggest directions for the next generation of creative teachers and learners in a rapidly evolving global education landscape. Overall, the book argues that secondary schools must find a way to make more room for creative risk, innovation and imagination in order to adequately prepare students for creative workplaces and publics.

The Role of Advisory Committees in Biomedical Education and Workforce Development: Emerging Research and Opportunities

The Role of Advisory Committees in Biomedical Education and Workforce Development: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Author: Ornelas, Argentina
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2017-12-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1522540849

In an effort to create a more educated workforce in the United States, many community colleges are implementing the use of advisory groups to assist under-prepared students. These efforts will ultimately support a stronger and more resilient global workforce. The Role of Advisory Committees in Biomedical Education and Workforce Development: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a pivotal reference source for the latest research findings on the development of advisory committees in biomedical education, workforce development, and the guiding principles that result in successful research and opportunities. Featuring extensive coverage on relevant areas such as workforce education programs, collaborative decision-making, and skillset training, this publication is an ideal resource for academics, researchers, graduate-level students, committee development officers, business professionals, administrators, and workforce education specialists.

Measuring the Psychological and Electrophysiological Attributes of Human Personality: Emerging Research and Opportunities

Measuring the Psychological and Electrophysiological Attributes of Human Personality: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Author: Vorkapi?, Sanja Tatalovi?
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2017-03-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1522522840

Significant progress has been made in the study of human psychology in recent years. However, certain aspects of personality, such as electrophysiological attributes, have yet to be fully examined. Measuring the Psychological and Electrophysiological Attributes of Human Personality: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a detailed scholarly resource that presents the latest findings in psychology as in relation to electrophysiology. Featuring coverage on relevant topics including personality theories, temperament analysis, and evoked brain potentials, this is an important reference publication that would be useful to psychologists, medical professionals, academicians, graduate students, and researchers that must keep abreast of the latest personality research in the psychological field.

Convergence of Contemporary Art, Visual Culture, and Global Civic Engagement

Convergence of Contemporary Art, Visual Culture, and Global Civic Engagement
Author: Shin, Ryan
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2016-11-29
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1522516662

Art is a multi-faceted part of human society, and often is used for more than purely aesthetic purposes. When used as a narrative on modern society, art can actively engage citizens in cultural and pedagogical discussions. Convergence of Contemporary Art, Visual Culture, and Global Civic Engagement is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly material on the relationship between popular media, art, and visual culture, analyzing how this intersection promotes global pedagogy and learning. Highlighting relevant perspectives from both international and community levels, this book is ideally designed for professionals, upper-level students, researchers, and academics interested in the role of art in global learning.

Design Innovations for Contemporary Interiors and Civic Art

Design Innovations for Contemporary Interiors and Civic Art
Author: Crespi, Luciano
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2016-09-08
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1522506675

In some post-industrial areas, re-designing structural interiors in an attractive way is becoming increasingly important to community members, as it helps promote local pride and a higher quality of life. Design Innovations for Contemporary Interiors and Civic Art examines novel techniques in structural designs in various cultural and social scenarios. Featuring innovative application methods, emergent trends, and research on tools being utilized in the field, this publication is a pivotal reference source for designers, researchers, practitioners, and professionals interested in interior design, urban culture, and structural aesthetics.

Handbook of Research on the Facilitation of Civic Engagement through Community Art

Handbook of Research on the Facilitation of Civic Engagement through Community Art
Author: Hersey, Leigh Nanney
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 672
Release: 2016-12-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1522517286

Outreach and engagement initiatives are crucial in promoting community development. This can be achieved through a number of methods, including avenues in the fine arts. The Handbook of Research on the Facilitation of Civic Engagement through Community Art is a comprehensive reference source for emerging perspectives on the incorporation of artistic works to facilitate improved civic engagement and social justice. Featuring innovative coverage across relevant topics, such as art education, service learning, and student engagement, this handbook is ideally designed for practitioners, artists, professionals, academics, and students interested in active citizen participation via artistic channels.

New Media and Visual Communication in Social Networks

New Media and Visual Communication in Social Networks
Author: K?r, Serpil
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2019-08-30
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1799810453

Social media and new social facilities have made it necessary to develop new media design processes with different communication strategies in order to promote sustainable communication. Visual communication emphasizes messages that are transmitted through visual materials in order to effectively communicate emotions, thoughts, and concepts using symbols instead of words. Social networks present an ideal environment for utilizing this communication technique. New Media and Visual Communication in Social Networks is a pivotal scholarly publication that examines communication strategies in the context of social media and new digital media platforms and explores the effects of visual communication on social networks, visual identity, television, magazines, newspapers, and more. Highlighting a range of topics such as consumer behavior, visual identity, and digital pollution, this book is essential for researchers, practitioners, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and educators.

Popular Representations of America in Non-American Media

Popular Representations of America in Non-American Media
Author: Endong, Floribert Patrick C.
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2019-06-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1522593144

Much of what the world knows about the United States of America is constructed and spread through global media. One can hardly find a country where news events involving the U.S.A. do not attract media attention, controversy, or at least invoke some level of critical thought. Popular Representations of America in Non-American Media provides emerging research exploring how non-American media covers and represents the U.S.A. through a critical review that demonstrates how foreign media representations of the country have varied according to periods in history, political leadership, and current ideological and socio-cultural affinities. The publication also conversely examines Americans’ perceptions of foreign media representations of their country. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as neocolonialism, political science, and popular culture, this book is ideally designed for students, scholars, media specialists, policymakers, international relation experts, politicians, and other professionals seeking current research on different perspectives on non-American media’s representation of the U.S.A. and Americans.

Metasystems Learning Design of Open Textbooks: Emerging Research and Opportunities

Metasystems Learning Design of Open Textbooks: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Author: Railean, Elena
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2018-07-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1522553061

Universal access to high-quality education plays an important role in the building of peace, sustainable social and economic development, and intercultural dialogue. Providing research on the quality and understanding of open education allows for successful learning strategies and educational sustainability. Metasystems Learning Design of Open Textbooks: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential reference source that discusses the role of open education in improving the quality of education, as well as facilitating policy dialogue, knowledge sharing, and capacity building. Featuring research on topics such as design theory, competence development, and adaptive learning, this book is ideally designed for educators, academicians, education administrators, curriculum developers, and researchers seeking coverage on the functional models of open education and the diversity of open educational resources.