Cropley A.J. More Ways than One: Fostering Creativity

Greenwich: Ablex Publishing Corporation, 1997, 134 p.A scholarly and prgamatic view of creativity and its cultivation. The research spans 50 years, and includes Cropley's own work. The topics are all relevant to education, but not limited to conventional academic concerns. Cropley covers giftedness, educational equality, and play, discussions of creativity and health, "blocks within society," and the value of creativity for society.
Purposes, method, and orientation.
Creativity, society, and school.
Two contrasting concepts of intellectual ability.
Defining and measuring creativity.
Social and emotional blocks tp creative thinking.
The role of the teacher in fostering creativity.
Helping students produce ideas.
Classroom activities.