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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816182103321

Autore

Pigrum Derek

Titolo

Teaching creativity : multi-mode transitional practices / / Derek Pigrum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2009

ISBN

1-282-87507-8

9786612875076

1-4411-5656-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 199 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Continuum studies in educational research

Disciplina

700.71

Soggetti

Creative thinking - Study and teaching

Arts - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-182) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction, Method and the Model of 'Multi-mode' Transitional Practices; 1. The Sign Modes; 2. The Operative Modes; 3. The Modes of Place; 4. Teaching 'Multi-mode' Transitional Practices; Conclusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This study is concerned with creativity in education - especially in arts education (broadly conceived to include the visual arts, music, and creative writing). It takes as its starting point Nietzsche's view that works of art do not appear "as if by magic". Using insights from philosophy, psychoanalysis, and semiotics, the book examines the creative processes of many artists in different media, showing how art works often result from processes of construction, deconstruction, and reconstruction that may be long and laborious. Pigrum demonstrates how teachers and their students in all sectors