1st Edition

Perspectives on the Place of Creativity in Education, Policy and Practice Limitations and Open Spaces

By Kevin Gormley Copyright 2024
178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

This book critically analyses how cultural and educational policies construct creativity through a range of concepts and compares this against the open and expansive idea of creativity as experienced by individuals in society more broadly. The book draws on empirical data, case-study examples, and ethnographic motifs to identify the discursive construction of creativity and the way in which... Read more

1. Setting the scene  2. Versions of creativity  3. Neoliberal themes in cultural policy  4. Neoliberalised intersections between creativity, arts education and the economy  5.  A neoliberalisation of education policy  6. Limits to creativity in a school setting  7. The ethical self-formation of a creative teacher  8. Creativity in potential  9. Creativity in my experience  10. Conclusion

Biography

Kevin Gormley is a Lecturer in Music Education, Institute of Education, Dublin City University, Ireland.