Creative intelligence in the 21st century : grappling with enormous problems and huge opportunities / foreword by Joseph S. Renzulli ; edited by Don Ambrose (Rider University, USA) and Robert J. Sternberg (Cornell University, USA).

"How can creative individuals and societies adapt to complex 21st-century conditions? Will civilizations thrive or collapse in the decades to come if they are not creative enough, or if they are too creative? Interest in these questions is growing; however, until now there has been inadequate understanding of the socioeconomic and cultural trends and issues that influence creativity. This book provides that understanding while yielding insights from many of the world's leading creativity researchers and educational experts. The book begins with a big-picture, interdisciplinary overview of the socioeconomic, cultural, and technological pressures emerging from 21st-century globalization and describes some ways in which those pressures simultaneously suppress, distort, and invigorate creativity in general, and creative education in particular. After that, prominent scholars of creativity and education use their impressive knowledge bases to clarify how we can adjust our thoughts and actions in order to give ourselves the best possible chances for success in this complex world."--Back cover

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword: Stream of consciousness on creativity, globalization, technology, and what is happening in a rapidly changing world / Joseph S. Renzulli -- Section I. Recognizing powerful contextual influences on creative intelligence: Previewing a collaborative exploration of creative intelligence in the 21st century / Don Ambrose and Robert J. Sternberg. Twenty-first century contextual influences on the life trajectories of creative young people / Don Ambrose -- Section II. Creativity in the turbulent 21st century: The decline of the West? : a comparative civilizations perspective / Dean Keith Simonton. We must prepare for the unforeseeable future / Mark A. Runco. Asking the wrong question : why shouldn't people dislike creativity? / Laura Yahn and James C. Kaufman. A whole new way of working with creativity, innovation and innovators / Mary E. Jacobsen and Lorna Goulden. Facilitating creative thinking in the 21st century : when constraints help / Catrinel Haught-Tromp -- Section III. Unshackling students, teachers, and schools : recognizing contextual constraints: Squeezed out : the threat of global homogenization of education to creativity / Yong Zhao and Brian Gearin. The creative intelligence of teachers resisting the pearsonizing of global education / Jane Piirto -- Section IV. Invigorating creativity in education: Leveraging micro-opportunities to address macroproblems : toward an unshakeable sense of possibility thinking / Ronald A. Beghetto. Creativity and the common core need each other / John Baer. Creative approaches to literacy learning : a transformative vision for education in the 21st century / Karen Magro and Kathleen M. Pierce. Cultivating innovation through invention : how Rube Goldberg inventions can ignite creativity / Leigh E. Zeitz and Sharon "Sam" Sakai-Miller. Creativity and leadership development : can they co-exist for transformational change in education? / Dorothy A. Sisk -- Section V. Conclusion: What's wrong and how to fix it : balance of abilities matters more than levels / Robert J. Sternberg.

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