Beautiful Risks: Having the Courage to Teach and Learn Creatively

by Ronald A Beghetto

This book is about knowing when creative action is worth the risk and when it is not. This includes developing the awareness, courage, and confidence to support and take risks when it is beneficial to do so in the classroom. It also includes being able to recognize when certain risks should be avoided. The key is knowing when and how to take creative action in a way that not only makes sense for the situation at hand, but also stands to make a positive contribution to others. The aim of this book is to help you and your students identify the kinds of risks that are worth taking, better anticipate and navigate potential hazards associated with those risks, and maximize the potential benefits.



--Beth Miller, Executive Director, Creative Education Foundation

130 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 14, 2018

Reviews

[Peaches · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. I've read some of Beghetto's work before and appreciate his understanding of how essential creative problem-solving is in education and ways it can support students. Beghetto makes strong points about how students need to be required to take risks if we want them to do so and ways to support them so the experiences are positive.

I didn't like the term "beautiful risks"; it seems silly and I am not sure why he would land on that word when it's unspecific.

[Katarina · Rating 3 out of 5]

meh

[Colin Schindler · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was required reading for an ASU class. I honestly wasn't too impressed by it. Pretty dense to read and compared to other books on education I've read there wasn't as many practical take-aways.