Developing Creativity in Higher Education: An Imaginative Curriculum - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415365333 ISBN 13: 9780415365338

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

Graduates face a world of complexity which demands flexibility, adaptability, self-reliance and innovation, but while the development of creativity is embedded in the English National Curriculum and in workplace training, the higher education sector has yet to fully recognise its importance. This book highlights how pressures such as quality assurance, peer review systems, demands for greater efficiency and increased research output are effectively discouraging innovation and creativity in higher education. It makes a bold case for the integration of creativity in higher education, drawing together contributors and research from around the world and explores valuable lessons learnt from those working in schools and professional organisations. Offering a wealth of advice on how to foster creativity on an individual and an institutional level, this book encourages lecturers to engage with the ideas and practice involved in helping students to be creative in all areas of their study.

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Norman Jackson, Martin Oliver, James Wisdom, Malcolm Shaw

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415365333
• ISBN 13: 9780415365338
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Jackson Norman, Oliver Martin, Shaw Malcolm, Wisdom James