Creativity: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Written by one of the leading scholars in the field of creativity, the mission of this book is to provide instructors teaching courses in creativity with a textbook that provides both comprehensive content coverage and state-of-the-art pedagogy. No other text currently provides both of these elements. Key features of this exciting new text include the following. Author Expertise - a past president of Division 10 of the American Psychological Association, Mark Runco founded and still edits the Creativity Research Journal . In addition to teaching courses in creativity for 20 years, he co-edited the Encyclopedia of Creativity , wrote one book on the topic and contributed to several others. Scholarly and Readable - although the text is based entirely on research, the writing style is informal and laced with interesting examples and biographies to which students can relate. Pedagogy - each chapter opens with an advance organizer and questions and concludes with a chapter summary. Other pedagogical features include marginal notes to underscore key terms and ideas, illustrative boxes, pictures of creative persons and products, and exercises that require creative thinking.