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The Wonder Wall: Leading Creative Schools and Organizations in an Age of Complexity
Learn the four conditions most effective for fostering creativity Sometimes our attempts to foster creativity can stifle it. Gamwell, a former teacher and superintendent who has spent more than three decades studying creativity, shares a fresh perspective on how to nurture creativity, innovation, leadership, and engagement in a variety of settings.
You’ll learn how
You’ll learn how
192 pages, Paperback
Published June 15, 2017
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About the author
Peter Gamwell
2 books3 followersBorn in Liverpool, England, Peter Gamwell is an author, presenter and an award-winning leader in education who has worked in both central and eastern Canada and abroad. He is recently retired from the role of Superintendent, responsible for District Leadership Development with the 75,000-student Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB), where he also served as the Board lead for Aboriginal education from 2006 until 2012. Peter's book, The Wonder Wall: Leading Creative Schools and Organizations in an Age of Complexity, is available through Corwin Press:
https://us.corwin.com/en-us/nam/the-w...
The Foreword is written by Sir Ken Robinson.
Peter has become recognized nationally and internationally as a leader and catalyst for district-wide initiatives that inspire and advance education; student, faculty, community and business engagement; and strength-based models and creative thinking. He has developed numerous presentations and papers on these topics, and is regularly invited to speak both nationally and internationally.
With a reputation for engaging, compelling and practical ideas, Peter has advised academia, the business community and government departments at all levels on how to develop strategy to imbue creativity throughout an organization, as well as to create environments for optimal learning and engagement. Peter has been invited to sit on the Global Distinguished Leadership Panel at the Canadian Principals’ Association conference, Banff, Alberta; on the creativity expert panel at the World Creativity Forum in Oklahoma; and was appointed to the Board of Directors for the US-based National Creativity Network. His presentation style is engaging, dynamic - and a lot of fun!
In his spare time, Peter plays in a blues/rock band, and has been featured as an entertainer on provincial and national radio and television. He lives in Ottawa, Canada with his wife, Liz, and has two grown children.
https://us.corwin.com/en-us/nam/the-w...
The Foreword is written by Sir Ken Robinson.
Peter has become recognized nationally and internationally as a leader and catalyst for district-wide initiatives that inspire and advance education; student, faculty, community and business engagement; and strength-based models and creative thinking. He has developed numerous presentations and papers on these topics, and is regularly invited to speak both nationally and internationally.
With a reputation for engaging, compelling and practical ideas, Peter has advised academia, the business community and government departments at all levels on how to develop strategy to imbue creativity throughout an organization, as well as to create environments for optimal learning and engagement. Peter has been invited to sit on the Global Distinguished Leadership Panel at the Canadian Principals’ Association conference, Banff, Alberta; on the creativity expert panel at the World Creativity Forum in Oklahoma; and was appointed to the Board of Directors for the US-based National Creativity Network. His presentation style is engaging, dynamic - and a lot of fun!
In his spare time, Peter plays in a blues/rock band, and has been featured as an entertainer on provincial and national radio and television. He lives in Ottawa, Canada with his wife, Liz, and has two grown children.
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November 4, 2024
Years back, I had the pleasure of listening to Peter Gamwell speak about Creativity and Innovation at the international Learning and Brain Conference. This book by Peter Gamwell and Jane Daly captures the same spirit of this dynamic, creative presentation--the rationale of infusing creativity into education and also HOW to do so with ideas and real-life stories/ examples using the Wonder Wall approach.
As a teacher and tutor, who uses "the walls" of the classroom as part of our lessons (Word Walls) etc... I found this book inspired me to add a Wonder Wall. There is no one way to do the Wonder Wall, but throughout the book there are example of ways in which it can be used to invite curiosity, higher-level thinking skills and rich discussion in the classroom. As a teacher and tutor, I use the Wonder Wall to help build curiosity and metacognitive skills for my students for reading and comprehension lessons. I found the book to be a good resource that has inspired me to lean into the work I do with new intention!
As a teacher and tutor, who uses "the walls" of the classroom as part of our lessons (Word Walls) etc... I found this book inspired me to add a Wonder Wall. There is no one way to do the Wonder Wall, but throughout the book there are example of ways in which it can be used to invite curiosity, higher-level thinking skills and rich discussion in the classroom. As a teacher and tutor, I use the Wonder Wall to help build curiosity and metacognitive skills for my students for reading and comprehension lessons. I found the book to be a good resource that has inspired me to lean into the work I do with new intention!
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