Participatory Creativity

<p><em>Participatory Creativity: Introducing Access and Equity to the Creative Classroom</em> presents a systems-based approach to examining creativity in education that aims to make participating in invention and innovation accessible to all students. Moving beyond the gifted-versus-ungifted debate present in many of today’s classrooms, the book’s inclusive framework situates creativity as a participatory and socially distributed process. The core principle of the book is that <i>individuals </i>are not creative, <i>ideas</i> are creative, and that there are multiple ways for a variety of individuals to <i>participate</i> in the development of creative ideas. This dynamic reframing of invention and innovation provides strategies for teachers, curriculum designers, policymakers, researchers, and others who seek to develop a more equitable approach towards establishing creative learning experiences in various educational settings.</p> <p>List of Figures and Tables</p><p>Preface</p><p>Acknowledgements</p><p>Introduction</p><p>Chapter One: Establishing a Systems-based Understanding of Creativity</p><p>Chapter Two: Reframing Creativity as a Participatory and a Distributed Process</p><p>Chapter Three: A Culture of Individualism and the Five Crises of Creativity in Education</p><p>Chapter Four: 5 + 3 = 8: The Eight Barriers to Access and Equity in the Creative Classroom</p><p>Chapter Five: Making Creativity Visible: Introducing the Biography of an Idea Methodology</p><p>Chapter Six: Biography of an Idea: Biodegradaball</p><p>Chapter Seven: Biography of an Idea: Static Fashion</p><p>Chapter Eight: Participatory Creativity, Learning, and Development</p><p>Conclusion: Taking Responsibility for the Creative Classroom</p><p>References</p>