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Creativity has become a popular slogan in contemporary education and society. We are urged continually to be creative in all our endeavors. Ascribing creativity has become one of the principle means of praising, approving and commending. Yet in the process of becoming a universal term of positive evaluation, the concept of creativity has lost its connection with its origins. We have forgotten what creativity has to do with creating, that it is connected with great achievements and quality productions. And as a consequence, most attempts to foster creativity in educational practice have been misleading and dangerous. We have come to settle for the encouragement of certain personality traits at the expense of the encouragement of significant achievement. This book is meant to clear up thoughts and concepts of creativity.
List of contents
The Context
The Contemporary View
Problems with the Contemporary View
Originality
Originality, Novelty and Continuity
Art
Science and Technology
Mathematics
Problem-Solving and Originality in Everyday Life
Summary
Value
Value in Art
Value in Science
Art and Science
Summary
Product, Processes, Person
Summary
Rules, Skills, and Knowledge
Rules and Art
Rules and Science
Knowledge and Problem-Solving
Summary
The Something More
Art and the Something More
Science and the Something More
Generation and Criticism
Emotion and Attitude
Fostering Creativity
About the author
Sharon Bailin
