CREATIVITY: A HANDBOOK FOR TEACHERS

“This book will be useful for educators to provide opportunities for creative self expression, appropriately reward creative behavior, model creative behavior, and avoid overemphasizing blind conformity and the rigid thinking that might preclude creative behavior.”

“I am glad that the editor of the book has initiated and put together this timely, useful and relevant book for teachers who seek to understand the many meanings and aspects of creativity and to nurture creativity in their students.”

“In doing research on creativity, the authors are involved in one way or another in these processes and I think it has made them more creative in her approach towards life. Congratulations on this piece of work.”

“It is so pleasing to be informed that scholars in Asia-Pacific region attempted to edit a book on creativity and strategies for nurturing creativity. It is an ambitious attempt to synthesize existing literature on creativity and its education for students. I trust the book will contribute to the development of the education for nurturing creativity to a great extent.”

“The strength of the book is in its extremely useful, very in-depth exploration of a wide range of theories concerning creativity … it is a handbook to be dipped into by those who wish to read and understand contemporary views concerning a very wide range of important issues concerning creativity such as new concepts, theories, models, frameworks, research and teaching experiences.”