Bücher der Reihe Current Perspectives in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Worldwide interest in classroom creativity has exploded over the past decade. The ideas of the world's leading experts, shared in this book, give educators and researchers state-of-the-art advice about how to nurture creativity in K-12 and college-level classrooms.

This volume presents a historical, critical analysis of the emerging field of the learning sciences, which takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying how people learn. It features both established and up-and-coming scholars, offering a broad yet selective perspective on what the learning sciences are and how contributors conduct their work.

This volume presents a historical, critical analysis of the emerging field of the learning sciences, which takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying how people learn. It features both established and up-and-coming scholars, offering a broad yet selective perspective on what the learning sciences are and how contributors conduct their work.

This book explores the development of cognitive skills related to reasoning and creativity, two strands that can intertwine to work together at times but may also at odds. Revised and expanded to incorporate the latest research, the second edition of this essential reference work will benefit researchers, psychologists, and teachers.

This volume illustrates how performers from a variety of disciplines - including sport, dance and music - can use mindfulness to achieve peak performance and improve personal well-being. An international group of leading scholars presents cutting-edge research, demonstrating the efficacy of mindfulness across cultures.

This volume, which includes chapters written by leading workplace aggression scholars, addresses three primary topics of workplace aggression: its measurement, predictors and consequences; its social context; and its prevention. Covering a broad conceptualization of workplace aggression, it will be useful to students and researchers of management and psychology.

This volume illustrates how performers from a variety of disciplines - including sport, dance and music - can use mindfulness to achieve peak performance and improve personal well-being. An international group of leading scholars presents cutting-edge research, demonstrating the efficacy of mindfulness across cultures.

Social creatures, like humans, solve problems together. Collective intelligence is essential in all organizations and societies if we want to resolve humanity's greatest challenges. This book explores how to deploy new practices such as crowdsourcing and online knowledge sharing. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.