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Cropley, Arthur J. (1999). Education. In Mark A. Runco; Steven R. Pritzker (Eds.), Encyclopedia of creativity: Vol. 1 A - H (pp. 629-642). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Type of Resource: Book Chapter
(ISBN: 0-12-22707075-4)

Education has long recognized the benefits of stimulating creativity in its students. Originality, flexibility, critical thinking, willingness to be free in thought/ nonconformity, and intrinsic task motivation have all been idealized as assets for students to possess. Not surprisingly, these are also the same characteristics commonly associated with creative people. While these characteristics have been recognized as valuable skills, the educational community has often found itself conflicted with its ability to encourage these characteristics and still fulfill its duty to teach facts, concepts and logical thinking. This article goes into great detail describing interactions of the above situation. In addition, the article discusses many of the problems commonly associated with creative individuals in classsroom situations. The article also provides guidelines for teachers on how to balance encouraging creativity in their students, while still providing enough time for the necessary content knowledge that needs to be taught. In addition, the article also gives a brief summary of several classroom enrichment programs that are available to teachers in order to introduce creative thinking skills to their classrooms. These programs are available as enrichment materials and activities.

Behavior / Age / Cognitive / Mentoring / Education / Models / Creativity / Person / Style

CBIR Record Number: 27900