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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... Patterns of Creative Development: Patterns of Projects; Projects and Interests 444 xiv 1 36 62 107 134 160 182 224 293 11 353 388 13 12 425 viii 15 Patterns of Creative Development: Evolution of Interests and Contents.
... pattern, principle, or relationship among a set of elements in one's interest domain. Charles Darwin's insight that the principle of transmutation of species might be a basis for explaining and modeling patterns ofcharacteristics ...
... pattern of development resembles the branching structure of a tree — their core creative interests are like the trunk and their projects are like branches coming off of this trunk. Individuals whose development fits this pattern develop ...
... patterns ofprojects, focusing on patterns ofprojects rooted in a single core interest. Chapter 15 describes the evolution of creative interests and sequences oflinked interests and creativity based in such patterns of development. In ...
... patterns ofdevelopment. Informal statistics I gathered speaking with program officers indicate that the great majority ofindividuals who matriculate in the programs I drew from earn degrees — at least 75%, and higher for most programs ...
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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 |