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Creativity and Music Education: A State of Art Reflection

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Creativity in Music Education

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The word “creativity ” in the English language comes from the Latin word “creō” which means “making”. In Japanese “sozo” or in Chinese “chuangxin” (创新) comprises two characters: Constructing (so or chuang) and doing (zo) or newness (xin). Creativity is about constructing something novel or engaging in new (inter)action .

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  1. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

    Ai-Girl Tan

  2. Japan Women’s University, Tokyo, Japan

    Yukiko Tsubonou

  3. Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Tokyo, Japan

    Mayumi Oie

  4. Meijigakuin University, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiromichi Mito

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    Ai-Girl Tan

  3. Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Tokyo, Japan

    Mayumi Oie

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Tan, AG., Tsubonou, Y., Oie, M., Mito, H. (2019). Creativity and Music Education: A State of Art Reflection. In: Tsubonou, Y., Tan, AG., Oie, M. (eds) Creativity in Music Education. Creativity in the Twenty First Century. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2749-0_1

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