Kaleidoscope of Ideas
These practical and enjoyable activities require very little preparation and may be used in the classroom immediately. Covering topics that range from the everyday to larger global and more serious issues, each activity can be used as a sound tool to help the development of systematic creative thinking.
Many of the activities in Kaleidoscope of Ideas require group work, encouraging students to learn cooperative social skills, and most of the activities can be adapted to suit different content.
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ISBN: 9781923215160
Author: Hazel Edwards
Publisher: Amba Press
Publication Date: August 28, 2024
Formats: Paperback
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As author ,mentor and teacher ,Hazel Edwards has been involved with gifted education as an original Tournament of Minds problem- writer and judge and mentored interesting thinkers of all ages. She is intrigued by the techniques of unconventional problem-solvers. Many of her published stories deal with ‘coping successfully with being differentʼ and with real problems solvers such as Antarctic expeditioners. Educators use her books ,scripts and literacy material. ‘Not Just a Piece of Cake; Being an Authorʼ is her memoir of being a risk-taking ‘ideasʼ author. Hazel was given the Monash University Distinguished alumni award for Education in 2022 and has an OAM for contributions to Literature.
Recent Amba Press publications include ‘Authorpreneurshipʼ .’ ‘Writing for Young People’ and class script collections such as ‘Issuesʼ , ‘Workplays”and ‘Grief and Loss in Schoolsʼ
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