PROMOTION AND BENEFITS OF ENHANCING CREATIVITY IN HIGHER AND ADULT EDUCATION

Creativity needs to be an essential component in the higher and adult education field if it is to foster flexibility, openness, and the ability to tolerate uncertainty in a changing educational and social world. This article examines some strategies for promoting creativity and presents some benefit...

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Published in:Journal of adult education 2003-04, Vol.32 (1), p.18
Main Authors: Galbraith, Michael W, Jones, Jerry D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ability
Academic Achievement
Adult Basic Education
Adult education
Adult Learning
Adult Students
Climate
Cognitive Processes
Cognitive Style
Creativity
Environment
Group Dynamics
Ideology
Innovation
Learning
Learning Activities
Marketing
Program Development
Success
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Summary:Creativity needs to be an essential component in the higher and adult education field if it is to foster flexibility, openness, and the ability to tolerate uncertainty in a changing educational and social world. This article examines some strategies for promoting creativity and presents some benefits the promotion of creativity has for instructors, learners, and organizations. From the discussion, it is implied that creativity can be learned and taught which generates ingenuity and innovation that results in the creation of new ideas, products, program development, marketing, as well as the enhancement of the intellectual potential for adult learners. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0090-4244