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New Conceptions and Research Approaches to Creativity: Implications of a Systems Perspective for Creativity in Education

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At the beginning of the third millennium, the importance of creativity becomes ever more critical. Age-old problems, such as coexistence on an increasingly interdependent planet, need new solutions for our species to survive. And the unintended results of the creativity of past centuries require even more creativity to be resolved, as we must learn to cope with the aftermath of previous successes, such as increasing population density and chemical pollution.

Reproduced with permission from International Handbook of Giftedness and Talent, K.A. Heller, F.J. Monks, R.J. Sternberg & R. Subotnik (Eds.), 2000, pages 81–93, Elsevier, U.K.

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Csikszentmihalyi, M., Wolfe, R. (2014). New Conceptions and Research Approaches to Creativity: Implications of a Systems Perspective for Creativity in Education. In: The Systems Model of Creativity. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9085-7_10

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