Nurturing Creativity in the Classroom

This book provides a variety of advice, thoughts, and studies on nurturing creativity in the classroom, from top international experts.

Ronald A. Beghetto (Edited by), James C. Kaufman (Edited by)

9781107501300, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 7 November 2016

405 pages, 12 b/w illus. 8 tables
22.2 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.58 kg

'As a second edition, Nurturing Creativity in the Classroom lays out an appealing update to the possibilities for enhancing creativity in education today by translating research findings into convincing tools for all educators … The book wrestles creativity away from its purely artistic connotation by providing expanded definitions and easily transferable skill sets for educators to embrace … The message relayed is that creativity is no longer shrouded in mystery; instead, it is available to and expected of all.' Nadine M. Kalin and Kate Wurtzel, Teachers College Record

As interest in creativity explodes, it has become more complicated to decide how to best nurture creativity in our schools. There are the controversial Common Core Standards in many states. Meanwhile, the classroom has become increasingly digital; it is easier to access information, communicate ideas, and learn from people across the world. Many countries now include cultivating creativity as a national educational policy recommendation, yet there is still debate over best practices. Indeed, many well-intentioned educators may institute programs that may not reach the desired outcome. The notion that schools 'kill creativity' has become a widespread social meme. We view such beliefs as both hyperbolic and problematic: they allow us to recognize there is a problem but not solve it. In this book, a wide array of international experts addresses these issues, discussing theories and research that focus on how to nurture creativity in K-12 and college-level classrooms.

Preface Ronald A. Beghetto and James C. Kaufman
Part I. Voices from the Field: 1. Changing the subject Larry Rosenstock
2. Creativity and the invention Jake Mendelssohn
3. Creativity and shifting roles of an educational leader: a reflection of what creativity used to mean to me what it now means Larry Audet
4. What I used to think about creativity in schools Tim Patston
Part II. Voices from the Research: 5. Developing creativity across all areas of the curriculum Joseph Renzulli
6. Accountability, the Common Core, and creativity John Baer and Tracey Garrett
7. Ever-broadening conceptions of creativity in the classroom Ronald A. Beghetto and James C. Kaufman
8. Creativity in mathematics teaching: a Chinese perspective (an update) Weihua Niu and Zheng Zhou
9. Roads not taken, new roads to take Thomas Skiba, Mei Tan, Robert J. Sternberg and Elena L. Grigorenko
10. The five core attitudes and seven I's of the creative process Jane Piirto
11. Please teacher, don't kill my kid's creativity: creativity embedded into K-12 teacher preparation and beyond Fredricka K. Reisman
12. Attitude change as the precursor to creativity enhancement Jonathan A. Plucker and Gayle T. Dow
13. Nurturing creativity in the engineering classroom David H. Cropley
14. Intrinsic motivation and creativity in the classroom: have we come full circle? Beth A. Hennessey
15. Learning for creativity R. Keith Sawyer
16. Creativity and prosocial values: nurturing cooperation within the classroom Vlad Petre Gl?veanu
17. How social-emotional imagination facilitates deep learning and creativity in the classroom Rebecca Gotlieb, Erik Jahner, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and Scott Barry Kaufman
18. Four faces of creativity at school Maciej Karwowski and Dorota M. Jankowska
19. Teaching for creativity Robert J. Sternberg.

Subject Areas: Educational strategies & policy [JNF], Educational psychology [JNC], Education [JN], Social, group or collective psychology [JMH], Child & developmental psychology [JMC], Psychology [JM]