Approaches to creativity : a guide for teachers / Orison Carlile, Anne Jordan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Approaches to Creativity : A Guide for Teachers -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Constructs of creativity -- 3 Genealogy of creativity -- 4 Creativity in a social context -- 5 Creativity and the environment -- 6 Creativity and culture -- 7 Creativity and technology -- 8 Creative curriculum planning -- 9 Assessing creativity -- 10 Collaborative creativity -- 11 Creativity and the domains -- 12 Talent, expert performance and creativity -- 13 Creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship -- 14 The creative teacher -- 15 Managing creativity -- 16 Tools for creativity -- 17 The creative learner -- 18 Creativity and cognition19 Creativity as expression -- 20 Developmental theories and creativity -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- Advert.

This book offers an accessible introduction and a comprehensive guide to the range of ideas on creativity in education, providing an overview of the major theories related to creativity together with 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.