Dynamic Perspectives on Creativity: New Directions for Theory, Research, and Practice in Education

The purpose of this edited volume is to bring together experts who presuppose creativity to be a dynamic phenomenon and thereby introduce new conceptions, methods, and applications in educational settings that are in alignment with that presupposition. Collectively, the voices and perspectives represented in this volume aim to provoke new directions for thought and action in the eld of creative studies. Some of applications and perspectives introduced herein are speculative, whereas others are grounded in many decades of research in the eld. All however have the aim of providing a more dynamic way of considering how to think about, study, and engage with creative phenomena in and outside of educational setting. This volume is organized in two parts. Part 1 focuses on dynamic applications and emergent explorations. More specifically, the essays and chapters included in this section provide an account of the kind of work already underway and emergent efforts by researchers who approach creativity from a more dynamic perspective. Part 2 offers new conceptions and theoretical directions for creativity researchers interested in applying and extending a dynamic perspective to their future endeavours. In this way, the volume offers an overview of the kind of work presently underway and on the horizon as well as maps out new ways of conceptualizing future efforts aimed at realizing the more dynamic nature of creative phenomena within and beyond educational settings. We hope you enjoy spending time with this volume and find your experience engaging with the ideas contained within this volume both challenging and rewarding.