Domain Specificity of Creativity Explorations in Creativity Research Series
Auteur : Baer John
Recent research findings have challenged the idea that creativity is domain-general. Domain Specificity of Creativity brings together the research information on domain specificity in creativity -- both the research that supports it and answers to research arguments that might seem to challenge it. The implications for domain specificity affect how we move forward with theories of creativity, testing for creativity, and teaching for creativity. The book outlines what these changes are and how creativity research and applications of that research will change in light of these new findings.
1. Domain Specificity: Introduction and Overview2. Research Evidence for Domain Specificity3. Implications of Domain Specificity for Creativity Theory4. Implications of Domain Specificity for Creativity Research5. Implications Of Domain Specificity for Creativity Assessment6. Implications of Domain Specificity for Creativity Training7. Finding Common Ground: The APT Model of Creativity and Metatheoretical Approaches to Understanding Creativity
His research on the development of creativity and his teaching have both won national awards, including the American Psychological Association's Berlyne Prize and the National Conference on College Teaching and Learning’s Award for Innovative Excellence. He currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Creative Behavior; Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts; and the International Journal of Creativity and Problem Solving.
His books include Being Creative Inside and Outside the Classroom; Creativity and Divergent Thinking: A Task-Specific Approach; Creative Teachers, Creative Students; Creativity Across Domains: Faces of the Muse; Reason and Creativity in Development; Are We Free? Psychology and Free Will; Essentials of Creativity Assessment; Creatively Gifted Students Are Not Like Other Gifted Students; and Teaching for Creativity in the Common Core Classroom. He has published more than one hundred journal articles, research papers and chapters for edited books.
Dr. Baer has taught at all levels from elementary through graduate school. He has been a teacher and program director in gifted education and served as a Regional Director in the Odyssey of the Mind creative problem solving program. Dr. Baer is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and he has received research grants from the National Science Foundation, the Educational Testing Service, the National Center for Educational Statistics, the Carnegie Foundation, and Yale, Rutgers, and Rider Universities.
- Summarizes research regarding domain specificity in creativity
- Outlines implications of these findings for creativity theory, testing, and teaching
- Identifies unanswered questions and new research opportunities
Date de parution : 11-2015
Ouvrage de 204 p.
15x22.8 cm
Thème de Domain Specificity of Creativity :
Mots-clés :
APT model; composite and metatheories; Consensual Assessment Technique (CAT); creativity; creativity testing; creativity training; divergent thinking; divergent-thinking tests; domain specificity; domain-general creativity; domain-specific creativity; elaboration; expertise; flexibility; fluency; metatheories; motivation; originality; replicability; validity