Handbook of Creativity in Schools

Edited by Bill Lucas, Professor of Learning and Director, Centre for Real-World Learning, Ellen Spencer, Senior Researcher, Centre for Real-World Learning, Paul Sowden, Professor of Psychology, Cognition and Creativity, Department of Psychology and Marnie Seymour, Senior Fellow in Knowledge Exchange, University of Winchester, UK

• Contents1 Introduction to the Handbook of Creativity in Schools 1Bill Lucas, Paul T. Sowden, Ellen Spencer and Marnie SeymourPART I THE CONCEPT OF CREATIVITY IN SCHOOL EDUCATION2 What is the standard definition of creativity and how does it apply toschools? 12Mark A. Runco3 The 7 Cs in schools 25Anaelle Camarda, Maud Besançon and Todd Lubart4 Classrooms as possibility spaces 38Vlad P. Glăveanu5 The development of a dispositional model of creativity for schools 48Ellen M. Spencer6 Educating creative pupils 66Yong Zhao7 The creative cognition concoction: memory, association, and executivefunctions in the classroom 77Clin K.Y. Lai and Roger BeatyPART II CREATIVITY IN SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEMS8 Creativity: ubiquity and diversity in curricula worldwide 94Esther Care and Daniel Marandu9 Creativity in schools in Thailand: the role of creativity in equitableeducation 126Kraiyos Patrawart10 Creative schools in Western Australia: a creative education revolution, oneclassroom at a time 135Lamis Sabra, Mathilda Marie Joubert, Laura Motherway, VanessaBradley and Mags Webster11 Creativity in Welsh schools 153Diane Hebb and Siân James12 Eleven reasons to develop creativity in schools 164João CostaPART III LEADERSHIP FOR CREATIVITY IN SCHOOLS13 Schools as learning organizations: leading for creativity 176Louise Stoll, Andy Moor and Emily Reid14 Leading transformation through creativity and the 4Cs 189Michael Anderson and Miranda Jefferson15 Going beyond “the project”: how leaders embed creative practices in theirschools 200Colin Morley and Pat Thomson16 Professional learning for supporting pupil creativity: developing a practicalprogramme and toolkit 212Cassie Hague17 Teaching as repair work: creatively reconstructing teachers’ work andlearners’ worlds 224Andy Hargreaves and Cameron JonesPART IV CREATIVITY, CURRICULUM DESIGN AND PEDAGOGIES18 Creative pedagogies across the curriculum 236Kerry Chappell, Teresa Cremin and Ursula Crickmay19 Playing with affordances: strategies for the development of creativethinking 250Garrett J. Jaeger20 Create the space! Think like an artist in every discipline 264Lois Hetland and Joe Fusaro21 Scientific creativity in schools 278Weiping Hu, Huizhi Bai and Yuanjing Lyu22 Improving pupil creativity through digital technology: an overview 290Chaoying Tang and Huandong Zheng23 Augmenting creative lesson design with generative artificial intelligence 301Ronald A. Beghetto and Farnaz AvarzamaniPART V EVIDENCING PROGRESSION IN CREATIVITY24 The PISA 2022 Creative Thinking results: implications for schools andsystems 318Natalie Foster25 Reimagining creativity assessment in the modern era 332Zia Hassan, Jonathan Plucker, Qianyi Gao and Meihua Qian26 New metrics for critical and creative success 345Sandra Milligan and Bruce Beswick27 Digitally credentialing creative thinking skills: evidencing progressionthrough innovative practices 357Helena Good28 How learner profiles can evidence young people’s creativity and otherdispositions 367Fran Wilby and Rosie ClaytonPART VI CREATIVITY, WELLBEING AND AGENCY29 Creativity and wellbeing: fostering a flourishing school environment 379Margaret Mangion30 Why do pupils adopt fixed creative mindsets? 391Jen Katz-Buonincontro31 Education and pupils’ creative agency 400Maciej Karwowski32 How school and classroom cultures are shaped by teachers’ beliefs aboutcreativity 415Todd Kettler and Beatrice R. Buentello33 Supporting creative metacognition in the classroom 427Jeb S. Puryear

‘This Handbook offers an unparalleled breadth of perspectives from leading scholars in creativity and education. It compellingly centres students’ agency in their creativity development while providing research‑informed strategies to support this growth. An essential resource for anyone committed to understanding and nurturing creativity in schools, from education systems to classrooms.’