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>