ISBN Big Wins, Small Steps book

Life in the 21st Century is marked by rapid change and increasing uncertainty. One thing, however, is certain. Students need to develop the capacity to take charge of their learning and lives. One way to do so is to cultivate their creative potential. Creativity is a core 21st century skill and has long been recognized as necessary for navigating uncertain futures. Creativity enables us to make learning more meaningful, break from unproductive habits, and consider new possibilities.Over the past two decades, the importance of cultivating creative potential has caught the attention of educational policy makers, government officials, and business leaders from around the globe.
Global leaders view an investment in creative potential as an investment in their countries' future. Interest in nurturing creativity has also been fueled by growing concerns in the popular media that we are in the midst of a Creativity Crisis (Newsweek, 2010) and that our schools are killing creativity. Do schools really kill creativity? If so, can anything be done about it? The purpose of this book is to critically address these questions and offer practical suggestions for how teachers, students, and instructional leaders can reclaim creativity in schools and classrooms using a Big Wins, Small Steps strategy.