The 7 Transdisciplinary Cognitive Skills for Creative Education
This book focuses on rethinking creativity for 21st century education. The specific emphasis examines the way that creativity spans disciplines, through a set of common thinking skills that the most accomplished thinkers in any field use.
These seven transdisciplinary thinking skills are rooted in historical exemplars of creativity across disciplines. We examine these skills in more detail, chapter by chapter, to offer examples of what each skill looks like in disciplines ranging from art to science, or music to math, and beyond. This set of thinking skills reflects the way that creativity may look different across fields, yet there are common paths of creative thinking that cut across disciplinary boundaries.
Beyond this, each chapter also considers applications for such skills in 21st century educational contexts, with an eye toward creative teaching and technology. In all of this, the book weaves together broad cultural examples of creativity and the seven transdisciplinary skills, alongside specific application-based examples from technology and teacher education.
Bio
Danah Henriksen is an assistant professor in Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. She researches the intersections and influences of creativity and technology on teaching, with a focus on 21st century thinking and learning in the classroom. Her work examined creativity among exceptional teachers, through an in-depth qualitative study of the creative thought processes and teaching practices.
