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.