Creativity resources
Online
10 Steps for Boosting Creativity
Adams, K. (2005). Sources of Innovation and Creativity: A Summary of the Research, National Center on Education and the Economy.
American Creativity Association
Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education
Creativity Based Information Resources (CBIR) Searchable Database
European Association for Creativity & Innovation
Future Problem Solving Program International (FPSPI)
International Center for Studies in Creativity
Let's Get Serious About Cultivating Creativity
Steven J. Tepper and George D. Kuh in The Chronicle of Higher Education. September 6, 2011
POD-IDEA Learning Note #6 (155 KB PDF)
on IDEA objective, "Developing creative capacities (writing, inventing, designing, performing in art, music, drama, etc.)" The objective is intended to cover a wide range of creative activity.
Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Rethinking our school systems to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence (Sir Ken Robinson)
Resources in CELT Library
Caine, G., Caine, R. N., & S. Crowell. (1999). Mindshifts. Tucson, AZ: Zephyr Press.
Simpson, J. (1990). Elements of Invention. NY: Macmillan. [coming]
This little book contains dozens of heuristic devices, or ways of getting started in thinking and problem-solving. Best for fields like English, history, social sciences, but also useful for any problem-solving field.
Resources in Parks Library
Journal of Creative Behavior. Parks Library General Collection BF199 A1 J
Lakoff, G. & Johnson, M (1981). Metaphors We Live By. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Rosenwasser, D. & Stephen, J. (2006). Writing Analytically. Boston, MA : Thomson Wadsworth.
Runko, M. A. and Pritzker, S. R., eds. (1999). Encyclopedia of creativity. San Diego: Academic.
REF BF 408 E53x 1999, 2 vols.