Nurturing Creativity in the Classrom

Deciding how best to nurture creativity in our schools has become more complicated as interest in creativity has exploded. There are controversial Common Core strictures in many states ; at the same time, the classroom has become increasingly digital, making it easier to access information, communicate ideas, and learn from people across the world. Many countries now include cultivating creativity as a national educational policy recommendation, yet there is still debate over best practices.
Many well-intentioned educators may be instituting programs that do not reach the desired outcome, and the notion that schools "kill creativity" has become widespread. This belief is both hyperbolic and problematic : it allows us to recognize a problem but not solve it. In this book, an international group of experts in the field addresses these issues, discussing theories and research that focus on how to nurture creativity in both K-12 and college-level classrooms.