Participatory creativity : introducing access and equity to the creative classroom / Edward P. Clapp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clapp, Edward P., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative ability--Study and teaching.

Creative ability.

Creative ability in children.

Classroom environment.

Physical Description:

xiv, 203 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

Participatory Creativity: Introducing Access and Equity to the Creative Classroom presents a systems-based approach to examining creativity in education that aims to make participating in invention and innovation accessible to all students. Moving beyond the gifted-versus-ungifted debate present in many of today's classrooms, the book's inclusive framework situates creativity as a participatory and socially distributed process. The core principle of the book is that individuals are not creative, ideas are creative, and that there are multiple ways for a variety of individuals to participate in the development of creative ideas. This dynamic reframing of invention and innovation provides strategies for teachers, curriculum designers, policymakers, researchers, and others who seek to develop a more equitable approach towards establishing creative learning experiences in various educational settings. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Establishing a Systems-based Understanding of Creativity 15

2 Refraining Creativity as a Participatory and a Distributed Process 31

3 A Culture of Individualism and the Five Crises of Creativity in Education 50

4 5 + 3 = 8: The Eight Barriers to Access and Equity in the Creative Classroom 73

5 Making Creativity Visible: Introducing the Biography of an Idea Methodology 91

6 Biography of an Idea: BiodegradaBall 110

7 Biography of an Idea: Static Fashion 128

8 Participatory Creativity, Learning, and Development 169.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138945241

1138945242

9781138945265

1138945269

OCLC:

953842561