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Dissertation - Brief Research Summary, Catharine M. Dishke Hondzel
Dissertation - Brief Research Summary, Catharine M. Dishke Hondzel
Catharine Dishke Hondzel
Creativity is an essential, but elusive human skill (or set of skills). As humans, we know there is something special about those who are highly creative – we build museums and art galleries to showcase these talents, and love to see our students come up with new and useful ideas. What we sometimes have trouble understanding is what conditions or environments foster creativity, and which ones prevent creativity from developing. And everyone has a theory! The purpose of this research study was to better understand, from the perspective of teachers, what exactly creativity is, and what teachers think encourages or …