Developing Creativity in Higher Education

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 recognize 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, draws together contributors and research from around the world, and explores valuable lessons learnt from those working in schools and professional organizations. Offering a wealth of advice on how to foster creativity on an individual and an institutional level, this book will encourage lecturers to engage with the ideas and practice involved in helping students to be creative in all areas of their study.

ISBN 0415365325   Pages 224 ISBN13 9780415365321 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 395 Imprint Routledge Falmer   Published in London Format Paperback   Height (mm) 234 Publication date 01 Feb 2006   Width (mm) 156 Library of Congress 2005030864   Spine width (mm) 14 DEWEY 378.199   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

		Foreword : developing creativity by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
1		Imagining a different world by Norman Jackson		1
2		Public policy, innovation and the need for creativity by Richard Smith-Bingham		10
3		Creativity in schools by Anna Craft		19
4		Interfering with the interference : an emergent perspective on creativity in higher education by Paul Tosey		29
5		Students' experiences of creativity by Martin Oliver and Bharat Shah and Chris McGoldrick and Margaret Edwards		43
6		Creativity and curricula in higher education : academics' perspectives by Margaret Edwards and Chris McGoldrick and Martin Oliver		59
7		Facilitating creativity in higher education : a brief account of National Teaching Fellows' views by Marilyn Fryer		74
8		Developing subject perspectives on creativity in higher education by Norman Jackson and Malcolm Shaw		89
9		Views from the chalk face : lecturers' and students' perspectives on the development of creativity in art and design by Ruth Dineen		109
10		Developing students' creativity : searching for an appropriate pedagogy by Norman Jackson and Christine Sinclair		118
11		Enhancing students' creativity through creative-thinking techniques by Caroline Baillie		142
12		How should I assess creativity? by John Cowan		156
13		Evaluating creativity through consensual assessment by Tom Balchin		173
14		Developing higher education teachers to teach creatively by James Wisdom		183
15		Making sense of creativity in higher education by Norman Jackson		197