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This book reviews research on creative growth across the lifespan and modalities in creative facilitation for researchers and practitioners.
About the author
Sandra W. Russ is Distinguished University Professor at Case Western Reserve University, USA, where she researches how pretend play is involved in creativity and child development. She has developed a measure of pretend play (The Affect in Play Scale) and play intervention protocols.Jessica D. Hoffmann is Director of Adolescent Initiatives at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, USA, and a research scientist. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and co-developer of two social emotional learning approaches, RULER and inspirED, that reach more than 2,500 schools around the world.James C. Kaufman is Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Connecticut, USA. He has edited or authored more than 45 books and 300 papers. He's tested Dr. Sanjay Gupta's creativity on CNN and appeared in the hit Australian show Redesign Your Brain.
Summary
This handbook focuses on the development and nurturance of creativity throughout the lifespan. It answers the question: how can we help people turn their creative potential into creative achievement? The authors review research findings and describe best practices in different contexts for fostering creativity at each stage of development.
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'Anyone who has children, teaches children, studies children, or just wonders about how creativity develops will want to have this book. This volume covers the literature on the development of creativity, the editors are leaders in the field, and the authors are top-notch. I recommend the book most highly.' Robert J. Sternberg, Professor of Human Development, Cornell University, USA, and Honorary Professor of Psychology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
