Creativity: Assessing, Challenging, Nurturing

Dr Klaus Urban
Hanover, Germany

After discussing creativity as a personal and evolutionary power, theoretical models of creativity are presented. These will be used to formulate stock-taking questions which may be put towards educational settings in order to identify creativity hindering or fostering elements. The question of identifying creative potentials will be exemplified by means of the “Test for Creative Thinking – Drawing Production (TCT-DP)”. Finally recommendations for fostering creativity in school are given. During the workshop theoretical presentations will take turns with individual our group work.