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1	Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration more books like this by Keith Sawyer add to wishlist A pioneering expert on creativity and innovation shows the power of collaboration for individual organizational creativity. Creativity has long been thought to be an individual gift, best pursued alone; schools, organizations and whole industries are built on this idea. But what if the most common beliefs about how creativity works are wrong? In ... see all copies from $2.64! new only from $2.64! \| SVS
2	The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences more books like this by R Keith Sawyer (Editor) add to wishlist Learning sciences is an interdisciplinary field that studies teaching and learning. The sciences of learning include cognitive science, educational psychology, computer science, anthropology, sociology, neuroscience, and other fields. The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences shows how educators can use the learning sciences to design more ... see all copies from $49.34! new only from $49.34! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation more books like this by R Keith Sawyer add to wishlist "Explaining Creativity" is an accessible introduction to the latest scientific research on creativity. In the last 50 years, psychologists, anthropologists, and sociologists have increasingly studied creativity, and we now know more about creativity than at any point in history. "Explaining Creativity" considers not only arts like painting and ... see all copies from $24.65! new only from $28.47! \| SVS
4	Social Emergence: Societies as Complex Systems more books like this by R Keith Sawyer add to wishlist Can we understand important social issues by studying individual personalities and decisions? Or are societies somehow more than the people in them? Sociologists have long believed that psychology can't explain what happens when people work together in complex modern societies. In contrast, most psychologists and economists believe that if we have ... see all copies from $36.21! new only from $36.21!
5	Creativity and Development more books like this by R Keith Sawyer, Vera John-Steiner, Seana Moran add to wishlist What is creativity, and where does it come from? Creativity and Development explores the fascinating connections and tensions between creativity research and developmental psychology, two fields that have largely progressed independently of each other-until now. In this book, scholars influential in both fields explore the emergence of new ideas, ... see all copies from $15.31! new only from $27.31! \| SVS
6	The Access Manual: Auditing and Managing Inclusive Built Environments more books like this by Ann Sawyer, Keith Bright add to wishlist This manual covers the design, improvement, maintenance and management of accessible environments. As a building designer or manager, it will show you how to provide and run buildings, services, and employment facilities to enable independent and convenient use by everyone. With its comprehensive information on standards, legislation and good ... see all copies from $34.64! new only from $66.67!
7	Group Creativity: Music, Theater, Collaboration more books like this by R Keith Sawyer add to wishlist A jazz quartet. The cast of a stage play. A work team, a classroom discussion seminar, or a family, planning a summer vacation. In all of these groups, creativity and collaboration are essential. And perhaps the most creative collaborating groups are music and theatre ensembles. This title draws on studies of performing ensembles to provide ... see all copies from $60.28! new only from $60.28!
8	Pretend Play as Improvisation: Conversation in the Preschool Classroom more books like this by R Keith Sawyer add to wishlist Examines preschoolers' pretend play in the context of a theory of improvisational performance genres. The text argues that the social skills gained from improvisation are linked to the child's developing ability to improvise with other creative performers. see all copies from $24.97! new only from $24.97!
9	Improvised Dialogues: Emergence and Creativity in Conversation more books like this by R Keith Sawyer, Michael Silverstein (Foreword by) add to wishlist CLosely analyzes the collaboratively improvised dialogues of Chicago improv theater groups, whose form of collective verbal creativity has significant implications for the study of conversation and verbal art. see all copies from $80.71! new only from $178.81!
10	Handbook of College Teaching: Theory and Applications more books like this by Keith W Prichard (Editor), R McLaran Sawyer (Editor) add to wishlist This volume contains theoretical information on the learning styles of college students, and presents practical information on how to teach courses in particular disciplines. There is also a summary and evaluation of current research in cognitive psychology. see all copies from $89.42!
11	The Art and Politics of College Teaching: A Practical Guide for the Beginning Professor more books like this by Karl D Hostetler, R McLaran Sawyer (Editor), Keith W Prichard (Editor) add to wishlist In their programs, doctoral students learn their academic discipline. Less frequently are they taught how to be professors. New professors may have little if any knowledge about the different sorts of academic institutions in which they might obtain positions, the steps to be taken to secure a good job and be successful in it, and the legal and ... see all copies from $80.52! new only from $93.00!
12 view cover	Creativity in Performance more books like this by R Keith Sawyer add to wishlist This analysis of creativity in performance ranges from jazz to dance and from theatre to scientific presentations. see all copies from $64.22! new only from $99.00! \| SVS
13 view cover	Creating Conversations: Improvisation in Everyday Discourse more books like this by R. Keith Sawyer add to wishlist Conversation is one of those everyday, commonsense abilities that we can all do without thinking. But paradoxically, understanding how conversation works is one of the most difficult problems for scientists - for example, even after decades of research, computers are still miserable conversationalists. This text explores this paradox: how can ... see all copies from $85.92! new only from $96.84!
14	The Art and Politics of College Teaching: A Practical Guide for the Beginning Professor more books like this by R. McLaren Sawyer (Editor), Keith W. Prichard (Editor), Karl D. Hostetler (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00!
15	The Many Faces of Teaching more books like this by Thomas H Prichard Buxton add to wishlist 73.50 see all copies from $1.99! new only from $37.18! \| first editions \| SVS

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