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3 books match the query 'Creative thinking'
Collaborating with Strangers
Facilitating Workshops in Libraries, Classes, and NonprofitsBess G. de Farber
American Library Association, 2017
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Critical Teaching and Everyday Life
Ira Shor
University of Chicago Press, 1987
A classic work of liberatory education that Jonathan Kozol called “powerful,” by one of the founders of critical pedagogy
In this unique book on education, educator and philoisopher Ira Shor develops a teaching theory side-by-side with a political analysis of schooling. Drawing on the work of Paulo Freire, he offers the first practical and theoretical guide to Freirean methods for American classrooms. Central to his method is a commitment to learning through dialogue and to exploring themes from everyday life. He poses alienation and mass culture as key obstacles to learning, and establishes critical literacy as a foundation for studying any subject.
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Keywords in Design Thinking
A Lexical Primer for Technical Communicators and DesignersJason C. K. Tham
University Press of Colorado, 2023
At a time when design thinking is viewed by many as itself a contested term, Keywords in Design Thinking explores keywords and associated practices related to the use of this critical concept in technical and professional communication. The chapters in this edited collection offer definitions stable enough to allow readers to determine the value of design thinking and to apply and examine its usefulness in the design of technical and professional discourse. The contributors to this collection include faculty at research-intensive and comprehensive colleges, graduate students, and industry practitioners. This configuration of contributors is intended to increase the diversity of perspectives and offer a variety of routes to understanding design thinking.
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