Creativity and Learning - Contexts, Processes and Support

Creativity and Learning - Contexts, Processes and Support

von: Soila Lemmetty, Kaija Collin, Vlad Petre Glaveanu, Panu Forsman

Palgrave Macmillan, 2021

ISBN: 9783030770662

Sprache: Englisch

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Creativity and Learning - Contexts, Processes and Support



  Preface 6  
  Contents 9  
  Notes on Contributors 12  
  List of Figures 23  
  List of Tables 24  
  1 Introduction: Creativity and Learning as Sociocultural and Intertwined Phenomena 26  
     Sociocultural Perspective for Creativity and Learning 30  
     Creativity and Learning as Intertwined Phenomena 32  
     Focus, Purpose, and Contents of the Book 33  
     The Main Conclusions of This Book 37  
        Change and Uncertainty as Bases for Creativity and Learning 38  
        Agency and Autonomy (as Sources of Creative Interactions) Leading to Creativity and Learning 40  
        Cultures, Shared Goals, and Different Methods of Building, Supporting, and Facilitating Creative Learning Communities 43  
     References 45  
  2 Uncertainty: A Necessary Condition for Creative Learning 50  
     Introduction 50  
     The Role of Uncertainty in Creative Learning 51  
        Intra and Interpsychological Processes of Creative Learning 52  
        Agentic and Socio-Cultural Perspective 54  
        Secondary Phase of Creative Learning 56  
     Uncertainty in Educational Practices Supportive of Creative Learning 58  
        Encountered Uncertainty 60  
        Planned Uncertainty 61  
     Implications for Theory, Research, and Practice 63  
     References 66  
  3 Time to Think: Lessons about Purpose and Agency from Case Studies 70  
     Introduction 70  
     Gruber’s Emerging Point of View 71  
     Network of Enterprise 73  
        From Historical Materialism to Gestalt Holism 74  
        Piaget and Systemic Development 75  
        The Cognitive Revolution 76  
        The Darwin Case 76  
        Experimental Epistemology 77  
        Social Activism 79  
     Evolving Systems 79  
        The Individual as Evolving System 80  
        Method 81  
           Studying the Organization of Work 81  
           Generalizability of Findings 82  
           Generalized Questions 83  
     Legacy: Distributed and Participatory Creativity 83  
     Educational Implications 85  
        Long-Term and Holistic Perspectives on Learning 86  
        Individuality in Complex Distributed Systems 87  
        Case Studies 88  
     Conclusion 89  
     References 90  
  4 Developing Intelligence and Creativity in Education: Insights from the Space–Time Continuum 93  
     Introduction 93  
     Education in the Industrial and Information Societies 95  
     On the Relationship Between Intelligence and Creativity 97  
     Creativity in Education: A Conundrum 99  
     Applying the Space–Time Continuum to Education 101  
     Mapping Pedagogies on the Space–Time Continuum 104  
     Conclusion: Balancing Pedagogies in the Space–Time Continuum 106  
     References 108  
  5 Cultivating Creativity in Computing Education: A Missed Opportunity? 112  
     Introduction 112  
     Background 114  
        The Subject “Technology Comprehension” in Denmark 114  
        Creativity in Education 116  
     Method 118  
     Analysis 120  
        Creativity in Students’ Cognitive Skills, the Design Process, and in the New Digital Solution 120  
        Creativity as a Prerequisite for Learning and as a Learning Outcome in Itself 121  
        Creativity as a Monodisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Endeavor 122  
        Creativity as an Individual and Collective Phenomenon 123  
        Creativity as an Unleashed Potential in Technology and as a Design Solution 124  
     Discussion 126  
        Creativity Is Integral to the Danish Technology Comprehension Subject 126  
        Articulations of Creativity in the Technology Comprehension Subject Appear Contradictory and Inconsistent 128  
        Closing Remarks 131  
     References 132  
  6 Multiple Creativities Put to Work for Creative Ecologies in Teacher Professional Learning: A Vision and Practice of Everyday Creativity 137  
     Introduction 137  
     Framing and Operationalizing Creativities Theory-Into-Practice 140  
        An Ecological Framework for Diverse Creativities 140  
     “Everyday Creativity”: An International Collaborative Effort to Boost Schools’ Creative Resources with Finnish Models of Education 143  
        Creative Ecological Dimensions of the Finnish National Core Curriculum (2014) 145  
        Developing a Research-Based Blended Course in Multi-stakeholder Co-creation 147  
        Course Content, Structure, and Organization 148  
     Approaches to an Ecology of Diverse Creativities: An Analysis of Teachers’ Accounts with the Renewal of Learning Environments in Focus 152  
     Discussion and Conclusion: “Everyday Creativity” in Teacher Professional Learning 159  
     References 162  
  7 Distributed Creativity and Expansive Learning in a Teacher Training School’s Change Laboratory 166  
     Introduction 166  
     Distributed Creativity and Expansive Learning 169  
     Study 172  
        Research Setting 173  
        Data Collection 174  
        Data Analysis 176  
     Findings: Distributed Creativity and Expansive Learning in the Change Laboratory 178  
        Interaction Episode 1: Searching for the Shared Object of the Collective Activity 178  
        Interaction Episode 2: Envisioning a Dynamic Team Model for Pedagogical Collaboration 181  
        Interaction Episode 3: Inventing a Dynamic Model for Pedagogical Leadership 185  
     Discussion and Conclusion 188  
     References 191  
  8 Virtual Enterprise Simulation Game as an Environment for Collaborative Creativity and Learning 196  
     Introduction 196  
     RealGame as an Environment for Fostering Collaborative Learning and Creativity 198  
     Method 201  
     Collaborative Creativity and Learning in the Participants’ RealGame Experiences 204  
     Discussion 208  
     References 211  
  9 Mind the Gap: Creative Knowledge Processes Within Interdisciplinary Groups in Organizations and Higher Education 216  
     Introduction 216  
     How to Understand Creativity and Learning as Creative Knowledge Processes 217  
     From individual Creativity to Creativity as a Social Act 218  
     Polyphony as a Sociocultural Approach to Understanding Creative Knowledge Processes 221  
     A Study on Interdisciplinary Groups 223  
     Three Research Groups in Organizations 224  
     Results 225  
     Transferring the Results to Student Groups in Higher Education 230  
     The Importance of Openness, Respect, Psychological Safety, and Trust in the Groups 231  
     Concluding Remarks 233  
     References 234  
  10 Remaking and Transforming Cultural Practices: Exploring the Co-occurrence of Work, Learning, Innovation 239  
     Introduction 239  
     Promoting Innovations and Learning at Work 242  
     Explanatory Orientation 244  
     Investigating How Innovations Are Initiated, Enacted, Supported, and Rewarded in Workplaces 245  
     Initiating, Enacting, Supporting and Rewarding Innovations 248  
        Initiating Workplace Innovations 250  
        Enacting Workplace Innovations 254  
        Supporting Innovations in the Workplace 257  
        Rewards for Innovation 258  
     Work and Innovation: Discussion 259  
        Importance of Workers’ Engagement 259  
        Proximity to Managers and Workers 260  
     References 262  
  11 Supporting Creativity and Learning at Work: Practices and Structures from Growth Companies 265  
     Introduction 265  
     Creativity and Learning in Working Life 268  
     Practices and Structures Supporting Creativity and Learning—A Focus on HRM 271  
     Aims, Questions and Sub-studies of the HeRMo Project 275  
     Methodology and Data 275  
        Mixed Methods and Ethnographic Approaches 275  
        Data 275  
        Analysis 278  
     Summary of the Main Findings of the Sub-studies of the HeRMo Project 279  
     Four Main Conclusions from the HeRMo Project 280  
        Creativity and Learning Are Collective and Informal Phenomena at Work 281  
        A Variety of Structures and Practices Enable Creativity and Learning at Work 282  
        Equality and Employee Orientation in Structures and Practices Are Important 283  
        A Context-Specific Examination of Creativity, Learning and Supporting Practices Is Needed 285  
     Closing Thoughts 286  
     References 287  
  Index 293  

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