The Pedagogy of Creativity

Abstract

The book is very interesting in that the author Anna Herbert attempts to use the views of a number of psychological analysts to explain how different theories can be used to develop creativity in the classroom and overcome factors that prevent a creative environment. Taking a classroom based example of post-structuralist methodology as a starting point, she explores the relationship between creativity as seen in psychological activity, such as dreams, and creativity as seen in the classroom. She asks the following questions: • What might a methodology which taps into different forms of creativity look like? • Could such methodology support current neuropsychological theories of memory and learning? • What are the consequences of imaginary and symbolic orders of knowledge for understanding of both