The Nature of Creative DevelopmentStanford University Press, 18.05.2006 - 600 Seiten 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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... discuss difficulties of creative development, and the implications of my description for understanding and modeling cultural development. Woven through my description I present many examples describing the creative developments of ...
... on previous life experiences, often contribute to the sparking of their interests. I discuss registers of meaning in Chapter 3. 5 6 interest is potentially important, that contributions generated through pursuing 1. Introduction.
... discuss a number of creative processes that are important in project work . One is the generation of creative responses - having a project in mind , then having an experience or encountering an element that has a connection with the ...
... discuss development of models of cultural development rooted in the description in this book in Chapter 17. The elements and experiences that influence individuals in their formation of their creative interests have a deep and pervasive ...
... discuss the important characteristics of breadth and distinctiveness . Chapter 8 is a bridge from the first to the second part of the book : I present a series of examples showing that individuals ' creative interests and concep- tions ...
Inhalt
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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 |