Nurturing Creativity in the Classroom

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

• ISBN13: 9780521715201
• ISBN10: 0521715202
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-28
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Examines and responds to the tension educators face while trying to nurture creativity within the curricular constraints of the classroom.

Author Biography

Ronald A. Beghetto, PhD, is Associate Professor of Education Studies at the University of Oregon. James C. Kaufman, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology at the California State University at San Bernardino, where he directs the Learning Research Institute.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
How to Discourage Creative Thinking in the Classroom	p. 1
Teaching for Creativity in an Era of Content Standards and Accountability	p. 6
Developing Creative Productivity in Young People through the Pursuit of Ideal Acts of Learning	p. 24
Creativity: A Look Outside the Box in Classrooms	p. 73
Using Constraints to Develop Creativity in the Classroom	p. 88
Infusing Creative and Critical Thinking into the Curriculum Together	p. 113
The Five Core Attitudes, Seven I's, and General Concepts of the Creative Process	p. 142
Learning for Creativity	p. 172
Broadening Conceptions of Creativity in the Classroom	p. 191
Everyday Creativity in the Classroom: A Trip through Time with Seven Suggestions	p. 206
Education Based on a Parsimonious Theory of Creativity	p. 235
Roads Not Taken, New Roads to Take: Looking for Creativity in the Classroom	p. 252
Creativity in Mathematics Teaching: A Chinese Perspective	p. 270
Possibility Thinking and Wise Creativity: Educational Futures in England?	p. 289
When Intensity Goes to School: Overexcitabilities, Creativity, and the Gifted Child	p. 313
Intrinsic Motivation and Creativity in the Classroom: Have We Come Full Circle?	p. 329
Attitude Change as the Precursor to Creativity Enhancement	p. 362
Creativity in College Classrooms	p. 380
Teaching for Creativity	p. 394
Creativity in the Classroom Coda: Twenty Key Points and Other Insights	p. 415
Index	p. 419
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