Creativity: A Handbook for Teachers - Hardcover

Ai-Girl Tan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9812569588 ISBN 13: 9789812569585

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

This comprehensive handbook for teachers presents an overview of creativity from the psychological and educational perspectives. It includes the biological and neural bases of creativity and covers the practical methods of fostering creativity. With contributions from eminent scholars in the field, the book consists of four parts, namely development, theories, education, and practice and pedagogy. The book serves as a reference source on the historical development, concepts, theories and practical applications of creativity.

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Review:

The strength of the book is in its extremely useful, very in-depth exploration of a wide range of theories concerning creativity ... it is a handbook to be dipped into by those who wish to read and understand contemporary views concerning a very wide range of important issues concerning creativity such as new concepts, theories, models, frameworks, research and teaching experiences. --Design and Technology Education

It is so pleasing to be informed that scholars in Asia-Pacific region attempted to edit a book on creativity and strategies for nurturing creativity. It is an ambitious attempt to synthesize existing literature on creativity and its education for students. I trust the book will contribute to the development of the education for nurturing creativity to a great extent. --Seokhee Cho, National Research Center on Gifted Education, Korean Educational Development Institute

This book will be useful for educators to provide opportunities for creative self expression, appropriately reward creative behavior, model creative behavior, and avoid overemphasizing blind conformity and the rigid thinking that might preclude creative behavior. --Mark Runco, California State University, Fullerton and the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration

About this edition

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 9812569588
• ISBN 13: 9789812569585
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 648