Treffinger, Donald J.

Educating for creativity & innovation : a comprehensive guide for research-based practice / Educating for creativity and innovation by Donald J. Treffinger, Patricia F. Schoonover & Edwin C. Selby. - Waco, Tex. : Prufrock Press, c2013. - v, 300 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

"Copublished with the National Association for Gifted Children."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-297).

Introduction -- Dispelling some common myths -- Defining creativity and innovation -- The importance of creativity and innovation in education -- Four essential factors: coco -- Personal characteristics -- Operations: tools for the mind -- Context -- Outcomes -- Foundations of creativity assessment -- Principles and purposes for assessing creativity -- A contemporary approach to identifying creativity -- Setting conditions for developing creativity -- Basic guidelines -- Teaching the foundational tools (level I) -- Practice problems and models (level II) -- Structured programs (levels II and III) -- Real problems and challenges (level III) -- Creativity and education today -- Research on creativity and education.

9781593639525 (pbk.) 159363952X (pbk.)

2012027453


Creative thinking--Study and teaching.
Creative teaching.
Creative ability in children.
Motivation in education.

LB1590.5 / .T72 2013

370.15/7