Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanisms
Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanisms
Proceedings of the 6th ACM SIGCHI conference on Creativity & cognition
Environments for creativity: a lab for making things
Proceedings of the 6th ACM SIGCHI conference on Creativity & cognition
What motivates children to become creators of digital enriched artifacts?
Proceedings of the 9th ACM Conference on Creativity & Cognition
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In the 21st century, our global community is changing to increasingly value creativity and innovation as driving forces in our lives. This paper will investigate how educators need to move beyond the rhetoric to effective practices for teaching and fostering creativity. First, it will describe the nature of creativity at different levels, with a focus on personal and everyday creativity. It will then provide a brief snapshot of creativity in education through the lens of new policies and initiatives in Queensland, Australia. Next it will review two significant areas related to enriching and enhancing students' creative engagement and production: 1) influential social and environmental factors; and 2) creative self-efficacy. Finally, this paper will propose that to effectively promote student creativity in schools, we need to not only emphasise policy, but also focus on establishing a shared discourse about the nature of creativity, and researching and implementing effective practices for supporting and fostering creativity. This paper has implications for educational policy, practice and teacher training that are applicable internationally.