The Nature of Creative DevelopmentStanford University Press, 18/05/2006 - 600 páginas The Nature of Creative Development presents a new understanding of the basis of creativity. Describing patterns of development seen in creative individuals, the author shows how creativity grows out of distinctive interests that often form years before one makes his/her main conributions. The book is filled with case studies that analyze creative developments across a wide range of fields. The individuals examined range from Virginia Woolf and Albert Einstein to Thomas Edison and Ray Kroc. The text also considers contemporary creatives interviewed by the author. Feinstein provides a useful framework for those engaged in creative work or in managing such individuals. This text will help the reader understand the nature of creativity, including the difficulties that one may encounter in working creatively and ways to overcome them. |
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... conceptual structures he builds up in the domains ofhis interests which guide him in his development, are generative ofhis creativity, and are the basis for his creative projects, thus a fundamental source and basis ofhis creative ...
... conceptual structures they built up in their interest domains were, and in some cases continue to be, the bases for ... conceptual framework for describing creative development — a theoretical structure that manifests and describes ...
... conceptual structures they build up in the domains of their interests. These roots and bases are by no means evident on the surface: the creative interests that are the basis ofindividuals' creativity and contributions are often not ...
... conceptual structures in the domains of their interests out of elements they encounter, that in turn are generative of their ideas and insights. Beyond describing channels of cultural transmission, the description in this book provides ...
... conceptual structures; I describe what I mean by this in the next chapter. Distinctiveness and breadth are powerful ... conceptual cores around which they form conceptual structures in their interest domains which are vital bases oftheir ...
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3 The Development of Creative Interests | 62 |
4 Intrinsic Sources of Interest | 107 |
5 Extrinsic and Strategic Factors in the Development of Creative Interests | 134 |
6 Kinds of Creative Interests | 160 |
7 The Distinctiveness and Breadth of Creative Interests | 182 |
8 Resonances and Connections | 224 |
12 Creativity in Projects | 388 |
13 Multiple Interests | 425 |
Patterns of Projects Projects and Interests | 444 |
Evolution of Interests and Sequences of Interests | 463 |
16 Difficulties in Creative Development | 505 |
Modeling Cultural Development | 522 |
Modeling Individuals in Social Systems | 543 |
Appendix | 549 |
9 Creative Responses | 248 |
10 Exploration of Creative Interests and Creativity Generation Creative Expertise | 293 |
11 The Role of Conceptions of Creative Interests and Associated Values and Principles in Guidance Management of Creative Development at the Met... | 353 |
Bibliography | 561 |
Index | 562 |