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What would it take to build an educational system that truly integrated creativity into the core of its processes? In this chapter, we will explore two different approaches to changing the system. We will look at the idea of an educational revolution, and, in particular, the trajectory of the Quiet Revolution that Torrance EP, Goff K (1989) J Creat Behav 23(2):136–145 discussed in their paper of the same name. In contrast, we will look at what the theory of evolution might tell us about changing a system through a more gradual process.
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Burnett, C.A., Haydon, K.P. (2017). Do We Need a Revolutionary Approach to Bring Creativity into Education?. In: Beghetto, R., Sriraman, B. (eds) Creative Contradictions in Education. Creativity Theory and Action in Education, vol 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21924-0_12
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