Creativity and Creative Thinking

UNF Reads:
The Office of Undergraduate Studies offers a campus-wide reading program to support student learning and help students make the transition to college-level inquiry. In the 2009-2010 academic year, students and faculty will read A Whole New Mind: Why Right-brainers will Rule the Future by Daniel Pink. One of the main arguments in the book is that creative thinking will be central to a successful future.

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Discussion Guide Related to Business

Discussion Guide Related to Education

Resources for Class Discussion:
YouTube Videos
A Conversation with Oprah

More on Creativity:

Teaching for Creativity: Two Dozen Tips
by Robert Sternberg and Wendy M. Williams, Center for Development and Learning

Teaching Creativity
by Marvin Bartel, Emeritus Professor of Art, Goshen College

Creative Thinking Assessment: Creative Thinking VALUE Rubric
"The Creative Thinking VALUE Rubric is intended to help faculty assess creative thinking in a broad range of transdisciplinary or interdisciplinary student assignments.  The rubric is made up of a set of attributes that are common to creative thinking across disciplines."

Robert Sternberg on Creativity
Dr. Robert Sternberg is a leading author and psychologist who has studied the concept of creativity for many years and is the leading cognitive theorists on aspects of creative thinking and intelligence.

Triarchic View of Intelligence
This presentation identifies the three areas of intelligence and provides suggestions on how to teach and assess different types of intelligence, including creative intelligence.

Coping with Complexity: Educating for Capability
by Sarah W Fraser and Trisha Greenhalgh

Books in the OFE Library on Creativity and Teaching Creatively