ABSTRACT
The focus throughout this book has been on four types of creativity – creative teaching, creative learning, creative partnerships and creative mathematics. These four aspects work together to produce an approach which may be called teaching for creativity. All rely on a creative and therefore playful teacher – someone prepared to take risks; entertain new ideas; and with a sense of wonder and curiosity about the world around them. Time and time again in researching for this book, it has become apparent that the chosen approach is only as good as the teacher – in using, for example, manipulatives or apparatus, or in exploring origami, and in a general willingness to be playful, curious, adventurous and enthusiastic. The teacher in the example that follows was playful, willing to take risks, and demonstrated both a sense of fun and trust in the children.
