Creative workforce : how to launch young people into high-flying futures / Erica McWilliam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McWilliam, Erica.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative thinking--Study and teaching.

Creative thinking.

Critical thinking--Study and teaching.

Critical thinking.

Creative ability--Australia.

Creative ability.

Creative ability in business--Australia.

Creative ability in business.

Education--Curricula--Australia.

Education.

Teaching--Australia.

Teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney, Australia : UNSW Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Creativity has become the economic engine of the 21st century. No longer the preserve of creative industries, 'creative capital' - in the form of novel thinking, navigation, interactivity and border-crossing - has become crucial to success and productivity. But are young people being equipped for a work future in which creativity is the defining feature of economic life? In this important book, Erica McWilliam argues that young people's creative capacities are not being properly developed and that education, particularly in Australia, demands a massive pedagogical shift. Using both Australian

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Creativity is everyone's business; The Yuk/Wow Generation; The creative workforce; Education: important and irrelevant; Teacher: sage, guide, meddler; Raising the bar on risk and challenge; Flying higher; Measuring up; Over the horizon; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-74223-049-0

OCLC:

476256123