Creativity : when East meets West / editors, Sing Lau, Anna N.N. Hui, and Grace Y.C. Ng.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lau, Sing.

Hui, Anna H. H.

Ng, Grace Y. C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative ability.

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (452 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

River Edge, NJ : World Scientific Pub., 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What actually is creativity? And what contributes to itsconceptualization and development? For decades, these and otherquestions have fascinated researchers, educators, parents andlaypeople alike, and equally so in the East and West. This interestingcollection of articles is an attempt at exploring and answering theabove questions from both the Eastern and Westernperspectives. Readers may find some answers stimulating, and othersbewildering. This is in fact the reality and fascination of

Contents:

Foreword; Preface; Contents; List of Contributors; Chapter 1. Creativity: A Meeting Between the East and the West Sing LAU, Anna N. N. HUI and Grace Y. C. NG; Chapter 2. Personal Creativity and Culture Mark RUNCO; Chapter 3. Creativity: Developmental and Cross-Cultural Issues Todd I. LUBART and Asta GEORGSDOTTIR; Chapter 4. Creativity among Chinese People: Beyond Western Perspective Elisabeth RUDOWICZ; Chapter 5. Why is there a Paradox in Promoting Creativity in the Asian Classroom? Aik Kwang NG and Ian SMITH

Chapter 6. Creativity and Innovation: East-West Comparisons with an Emphasis on Chinese Societies Kwok LEUNG, Al AU and Beeto W. C. LEUNGChapter 7. Progress from Traditional to Creativity Education in Chinese Societies Vivian M. Y. CHENG; Chapter 8. Recognizing and Nurturing Creativity in Chinese Students Jing-Jyi WU; Chapter 9. The Social Psychology of Creativity: The Beginnings of a Multicultural Perspective Beth A. HENNESSEY; Chapter 10. Beauty is in the Eye of the Creator - A Psychological and Cross-Cultural Account of Children's Understanding of Pictorial Art Siu Fung LIN

Chapter 11. Blue Apples and Purple Oranges: When Children Paint Like Picasso Kay Cheng SOHChapter 12. Singapore's Creativity Education: A Framework of Fostering Constructive Creativity Ai-Girl TAN; Chapter 13. Inspiring Creativity Through Music Mayumi ADACHI and Yukari CHINO; Chapter 14. Creativity and Multiple Intelligences: The DISCOVER Project and Research C. June MAKER; Chapter 15. Nurturing Creative Thinking: Western Approaches and Eastern Issues Gerard J. PUCCIO and David W. GONZALEZ; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611347840

9781281347848

1281347841

9789812567192

9812567194

OCLC:

475965277