Approaches to creativity

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-335-24377-8
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch

This book offers an accessible introduction and a comprehensive guide to a range of ideas on creativity in education. The book provides an overview of the major theories related to creativity and explores the implications for policy and practice.

The popular topic of creativity has given rise to a large number of theoretical positions, sometimes contradictory or contested. This book clarifies and organises these approaches so that teachers understand where particular pedagogical and curricular practices originate and can develop them coherently. Topics covered include:

- Creativity in a social context

- Creativity and technology

- Creativity and curriculum planning

- Assessment and creativity

- Group creativity

- Managing creativity

- Tools of creativity

- The creative learner

- Creativity and cognition

- Creativity as expression

Approaches to Creativity is an invaluable resource for those who wish to reflect on creativity and explore and engage in the modern discourse of education. It will be of value in teacher education, postgraduate studies, curriculum design and administration.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jordan, Anne

Carlile, Orison

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Rationale

Creativity as a construct

Genealogy of creativity

Creativity and cognition

Creativity as individual construction

Expert performance and creativity

Developmental theories and creativity

Creativity and culture

Creativity as social construction

Group creativity

Creativity and technology

Invention, innovation and entrepreneurship

Managing creativity

The creative environment

Creativity and the subject domains

The creative curriculum

The creative teacher

Creative learners

Conclusion: The paradoxes of creativity

Über Autor(innen)

Orison Carlile is an independent Educational Consultant and Honorary Professor at the Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical University in Russia.

Anne Jordan is Professor Emeritus at the Waterford Institute of Technology in Ireland and Honorary Professor at the Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical University in Russia.