ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the teaching of content and how it relates to the basic goals and processes of creativity. Creative acts entail finding and solving problems and expressing individual ideas in unique ways. A more immediate issue is determining how the major disciplines might be taught so that they are supportive of students' creativity while also teaching for understanding. The chapter represents the learning for understanding portion of the creativity in the classroom model. Understanding that good writing and good language are based in the communication of ideas is at the heart of creativity in the language arts. The chapter surveys four major areas of curriculum, namely language arts, social studies, science, and mathematics and provides examples of content teaching that may support creativity. The Common Core State Standards Initiative is designed to develop shared curriculum standards across the affiliated states—at the point of this writing, more than 40 of the 50 states at various levels of implementation.
