ABSTRACT

Graduates face a world of complexity which demands flexibility, adaptability, self-reliance and innovation, but while the development of creativity is embedded in the English National Curriculum and in workplace training, the higher education sector has yet to fully recognise its importance.

This book highlights how pressures such as quality assurance, peer review systems, demands for greater efficiency and increased research output are effectively discouraging innovation and creativity in higher education. It makes a bold case for the integration of creativity in higher education, drawing together contributors and research from around the world and explores valuable lessons learnt from those working in schools and professional organisations.

Offering a wealth of advice on how to foster creativity on an individual and an institutional level, this book encourages lecturers to engage with the ideas and practice involved in helping students to be creative in all areas of their study.

chapter 1|9 pages

Imagining a different world

chapter 3|10 pages

Creativity in schools

chapter 4|14 pages

Interfering with the interference

An emergent perspective on creativity in higher education

chapter 6|15 pages

Creativity and curricula in higher education

Academics' perspectives

chapter 7|15 pages

Facilitating creativity in higher education

A brief account of National Teaching Fellows' views

chapter 9|9 pages

Views from the chalk face

Lecturers' and students' perspectives on the development of creativity in art and design

chapter 10|24 pages

Developing students' creativity

Searching for an appropriate pedagogy

chapter 12|17 pages

How should I assess creativity?