Myth of the Muse, The. Douglas Reeves

TABLE OF CONTENTS

       ABOUT THE AUTHORS

       INTRODUCTION: THE CREATIVITY IMPERATIVE

       The Creativity Chasm

       Research on Creativity

       Virtues of Creativity

       About This Book

       Preconceptions of Creativity

       Creativity Reflections

       1 CREATIVITY MYTHS

       The Muse

       The Creative Type

       Big C and Little c Creativity

       Completely Original Work

       The Artistic Personality

       Elements of Creativity

       Our Creative Responsibility

       Creativity Reflections

       2 CURIOSITY

       The Vice of Confidence

       Mixed Social Cues

       Curiosity in the Digital Age

       Curiosity in the Classroom

       Conclusion

       Creativity Reflections

       3 VERSATILITY

       Creative Freedom and Creative Reality

       Techniques for Increasing Versatility

       Versatility in the Classroom

       Conclusion

       Creativity Reflections

       4 SYNTHESIS

       Creativity as Building Blocks

       Synthesis and Students

       Attribution

       Synthesis in the Classroom

       Conclusion

       Creativity Reflections

       5 DISCIPLINE

       Daily Disciplines of Creativity

       Approaches for Maintaining Discipline

       Discipline in the Classroom

       Conclusion

       Creativity Reflections

       6 COLLABORATION

       Evidence of the Power of Collaboration

       Collaboration in the Arts

       Structures for Collaborative Enterprise

       Practices for Successful Collaboration

       Collaboration in the Classroom

       Conclusion

       Creativity Reflections

       7 EXPERIMENTATION

       Experimentation in Science

       Experimentation in the Arts

       Experimentation in the Classroom

       Conclusion

       Creativity Reflections

       8 TENACITY

       Tenacity for Students

       Tenacity for Educators

       Tenacity in the Classroom

       Conclusion

       Creativity Reflections

       EPILOGUE

       APPENDIX A: ASSESSING CREATIVE PROCESSES IN THE CLASSROOM

       Reconciling Creativity and Academic Standards

       Research on Creativity in the Classroom

       Evaluating Creative Processes in the Classroom

       Creativity Reflections

       APPENDIX B: GUIDELINES FOR LEADERS

       Get Brainstorming Right

       Establish a Process of Mutually Exclusive Decision Alternatives

       Foster a Work Ethic That Respects All Feedback

       Think Inside the Box

       Learn From Failure

       REFERENCES AND RESOURCES

       INDEX

       ABOUT THE AUTHORS

      Douglas Reeves, PhD, is the author of more than thirty books and many