Description
| Product ID: | 9781108719186 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology |
| Title: | The Cambridge Handbook of Lifespan Development of Creativity |
| Authors: | Author: James C. Kaufman, Sandra W. Russ, Jessica D. Hoffmann |
| Page Count: | 750 |
| Subjects: | Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Child & developmental psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Educational psychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, The self, ego, identity, personality, Educational psychology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This handbook focuses on the development and nurturance of creativity throughout the lifespan. It answers the question: how can we help people turn their creative potential into creative achievement? The authors review research findings and describe best practices in different contexts for fostering creativity at each stage of development. This handbook focuses on the development and nurturance of creativity across the lifespan, from early childhood to adolescence, adulthood, and later life. It answers the question: how can we help individuals turn their creative potential into achievement? Each chapter examines various contexts in which creativity exists, including school, workplace, community spaces, and family life. It covers various modalities for fostering creativity such as play, storytelling, explicit training procedures, shifting of attitudes about creative capacity, and many others. The authors review research findings across disciplines, encompassing the work of psychologists, educators, neuroscientists, and creators themselves, to describe the best practices for fostering creativity at each stage of development. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-11-25 |
