INTRODUCTION: THE CREATIVITY IMPERATIVE
Curiosity in the Digital Age
Curiosity in the Classroom
Conclusion
Creativity Reflections
Creative Freedom and Creative Reality
Techniques for Increasing Versatility
Versatility in the Classroom
Conclusion
Creativity Reflections
Creativity as Building Blocks
Synthesis and Students
Attribution
Synthesis in the Classroom
Conclusion
Creativity Reflections
Daily Disciplines of Creativity
Approaches for Maintaining Discipline
Discipline in the Classroom
Conclusion
Creativity Reflections
Evidence of the Power of Collaboration
Collaboration in the Arts
Structures for Collaborative Enterprise
Practices for Successful Collaboration
Collaboration in the Classroom
Conclusion
Creativity Reflections
Experimentation in Science
Experimentation in the Arts
Experimentation in the Classroom
Conclusion
Creativity Reflections
Tenacity for Students
Tenacity for Educators
Tenacity in the Classroom
Conclusion
Creativity Reflections
APPENDIX A: ASSESSING CREATIVE PROCESSES IN THE CLASSROOM
Reconciling Creativity and Academic Standards
Research on Creativity in the Classroom
Evaluating Creative Processes in the Classroom
Creativity Reflections
APPENDIX B: GUIDELINES FOR LEADERS
Get Brainstorming Right
Establish a Process of Mutually Exclusive Decision Alternatives
Foster a Work Ethic That Respects All Feedback
Think Inside the Box
Learn From Failure
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Douglas Reeves, PhD, is the author of more than thirty books and many