This Element offers a concise introduction to the theory and practice of narrative creativity. It distinguishes narrative creativity from ideation, divergent thinking, design thinking, brainstorming, and other current approaches to explaining and/or cultivating creativity. It explains the biological and neuroscientific origins of narrative creativity. It provides practical exercises, developed and tested in hundreds of classrooms and businesses, and validated independently by the US Army. It details how narrative creativity contributes to technological innovation, scientific progress, cultural growth, and psychological wellbeing. It describes how narrative creativity can be assessed. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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1. Why read this element?; 2. Current creativity training; 3. What current creativity training misses; 4. Narrative's role in creativity; 5. Narrative creativity training, the prehistory; 6. Narrative creativity training, a new theory; 7. Narrative creativity training, basic practices; 8. Narrative creativity training for students; 9. Narrative creativity training for working professionals; 10. Narrative creativity and human intelligence; 11. Advanced practices for the future; Coda: Distinguishing logic from narrative; Appendix: Assessing narrative creativity; References.
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This Element provides new creativity theory, explains why children are more imaginative than AI, and outlines methods to enhance creativity.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781009614771
Publisert
2025-01-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
147 gr
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
92