Creative Contradictions in Education: Cross Disciplinary Paradoxes and Perspectives Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Beghetto, Ronald A. (Editor), Sriraman, Bharath (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3319793691 ISBN-13: 9783319793696 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Psychology - Education | Curricula - Education | Professional Development |
Dewey: 370.15 |
Series: Creative Theory and Action in Education |
Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.14 lbs) 354 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Creative Contradictions in Education is a provocative collection of essays by international experts who tackle difficult questions about creativity in education from a cross-disciplinary perspective. The contributors to this volume examine and provide fresh insights into the tensions and contradictions that researchers and educators face when attempting to understand and apply creativity in educational contexts. Creativity in education is surrounded by many contradictions. Teachers generally value creativity, but question the role it can and should play in their classroom. Many educators find themselves feeling caught between the push to promote students' creative thinking skills and the pull to meet external curricular mandates, increased performance monitoring, and various other curricular constraints. This book brings together leading experts who provide fresh, cross-disciplinary insights into how creative contradictions in education might be addressed. Contributors will draw from existing empirical and theoretical work, but push beyond "what currently is" and comment on future possibilities. This includes challenging the orthodoxy of traditional conceptions of creativity in education or making a case for maintaining particular orthodoxies. |