Preface Acknowledgements Introduction PART ONE CHAPTER ONE: Learning, Teaching, Thinking, and Creative Cognition CHAPTER TWO: Linear and Reciprocal Processes of Creativity CHAPTER THREE: Personal Perspectives on Creative Cognition CHAPTER FOUR: An Introduction: Creative Cognition’s Interactive Methodology and Book Report CHAPTER FIVE: An Overview: IM and IBR CHAPTER SIX: Advantage Points of the IBR and Its Leadership Building CHAPTER SEVEN: A Guide to Learning and Teaching Creative Cognition CHAPTER EIGHT: Creative Cognition with Special Needs Children: Linking Learning Styles and the IBR CHAPTER NINE: Learning and Teaching Creative Cognition: The IBR’S Cognitive Collective: Thinking and Feeling CHAPTER TEN: Learning and Teaching Creative Cognition: The IBR’S Reciprocal Thinking Phases CHAPTER ELEVEN: Learning and Teaching Creative Cognition: The IBR’S Reciprocal Feeling Phases CHAPTER TWELVE: Using the IM and IBR: A Psychologist’s Perspective By: A, Cerruto, Ph.D PART TWO CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Creative Cognition, Neuroplasticity and IBR: A Scientist’s Perspective By H. Sasken, M.D. Mindfulness and Creativity By M. Russo, PH.D CHAPTER FOURTEEN: IBR Pages, Activities, and Use as an Assessment Instrument CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Differentiated Instruction and Activities For the IBR Pages CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Differentiated Instruction with More Activities CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Four Topics Including Effects and Affects of IM and IBR PART THREE CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: The Proof of the Pudding: IM and IBR in Action CHAPTER NINETEEN: The Proof of the Pudding: Continued CHAPTER TWENTY: The Summation: A Research Study Involving the IM and IBR: Ecosystems and Sustainability Afterword Bibliography About the Author

This text is an excellent guide for both teachers and school librarians on how to integrate learning-through-play practices in their classroom or library. Schiering provides specific strategies for doing this and also comprehensively discusses the psychology and theory behind this method. Learning and Teaching Creative Cognition discusses different learning styles as well as how to use this technique for students with special needs. This resource will be a valuable tool for any professional collection for educators.