A critique of creativity and complexity : deconstructing clichés

A critique of creativity and complexity : deconstructing clichés / edited by Don Ambrose, Bharath Sriraman and Kathleen M. Pierce.

In an increasingly complex world the natural human inclination is to oversimplify issues and problems to make them seem more comprehensible and less threatening. This tendency usually generates forms of dogmatism that diminish our ability to think creatively and to develop worthy talents. Fortunatel...

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Other Authors: Ambrose, Donald, 1950- (Editor), Sriraman, Bharath (Editor), Pierce, Kathryn Mitchell, 1955- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Rotterdam, The Netherlands : Sense Publishers, [2014]
Series:Advances in creativity and giftedness ; v. 7.
Subjects:
Creative thinking.
Complexity (Philosophy)
EDUCATION > Essays.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION > Reference.
Creative thinking
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Table of Contents:
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION
  • CREATIVE EMERGENCE, ORDER, AND CHAOS: GRAPPLING WITH THE COMPLEXITY OF COMPLEXITY THEORY
  • THE DUAL-EDGED SWORD OF SIMPLISTIC REDUCTIONISM
  • TRAPPED WITHIN METAPHORS
  • AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONTENTS IN THE VOLUME
  • REFERENCES
  • SECTION 2: COMPLEXITY IN STEM PROCESSES AND STRUCTURES
  • LEARNING: CREATION OR RE-CREATION? FROM CONSTRUCTIVISM TO THE THEORY OF DIDACTICAL SITUATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CREATION AND EDUCATION
  • CREATION AT THE CROSSROADS OF PARADOXES
  • MATHEMATICAL EDUCATION â€? CREATION OR REPRODUCTION?
  • Example of a SituationCONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF CONDITIONS OF CREATION: RESPONSIVENESS TO DIDACTICAL CONTRACT
  • Methodology
  • Didactical Environment and Responsiveness to Didactical Contract
  • Analysis of Effects of Didactical Environments on Creativity
  • Results and Comments
  • Conditions of the Experiment
  • Results and Comments
  • CONCLUSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INVESTIGATING MATHEMATICAL CREATIVITY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THROUGH THE LENS OF COMPLEXITY THEORY
  • MATHEMATICAL CREATIVITY IN THE CLASSROOM
  • THE CLASSROOM AS A COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMCLASSROOM EPISODES
  • Setting
  • Episode 1: Internal Diversity, Redundancy, and Occasioning Mathematical Creativity
  • Episode 2a: Balancing Stability and Change in a Fifth Grade Classroom
  • Episode 2b: Adapting to the Emergence of Creativity
  • Episode 3: How Can Insight Displayed by One Individual be Viewed through the Lens of Complexity Theory?
  • RELATING COMPLEXITY THEORY TO EMERGENT CREATIVITY
  • REFERENCES
  • ON THE EDGE OF CHAOS: ROBOTS IN THE CLASSROOM
  • HISTORY AND PROGRAMS
  • LEGO MINDSTORMS Kits
  • FIRST LEGO LeagueRobotics in the Classroom
  • Research on Robotics in the Classroom
  • ROBOTICS, CONSTRUCTIVISM, AND THE EDGE OF CHAOS
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • SECTION 3: INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON CREATIVE COMPLEXITY
  • THE UBIQUITY OF THE CHAOS-ORDER CONTINUUM : INSIGHTS FROM DIVERSE ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES
  • ECONOMIC-IDEOLOGICAL FORCES
  • POLITICAL DYNAMICS: DEMOCRATIC GROWTH AND EROSION
  • CULTURAL DYNAMICS: RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS
  • THE STRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS OF ORGANISATIONS
  • FINDING THE ZONE OF COMPLEXITY IN ACADEMIC PURSUITS
  • Stark Differences in the Structure and Dynamics of Academic DisciplinesThe Not-So-Solid Certainty of the Natural Sciences and Mathematics
  • CONCLUDING THOUGHTS: ANTIDOTES TO ENTRAPMENT AT THE EXTREMES OF THE CHAOS-ORDER CONTINUUM
  • REFERENCES
  • ORGANISATIONAL LEADERSHIP FOR CREATIVITY: THRIVING AT THE EDGE
  • THE INTERSECTION OF CREATIVITY AND LEARNING IN COMPLEX ORGANISATIONS
  • THE FOCUS OF LEADERSHIP FOR CREATIVITY
  • ATTRIBUTES OF LEADERS FOR CREATIVITY
  • THE CHAOS/ORDER CONTINUUM AND LEADERSHIP THEORY
  • DECONSTRUCTING CLICH Ã? S
  • REFERENCES

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