Creativity Is Forever, 3rd Edition

by Gary A. Davis

Understanding creativity can help you unlock your own creative potential Creativity is Forever provides a broad survey of the major terms, tenants, and theories of the construct of creativity while offering specific opportunities for readers integrate this knowledge into exercises and activities designed to enhance learning and encourage transfer of creative thinking skills across a variety of fields or college majors.

Genres: Nonfiction, Psychology, Textbooks, Reference

335 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

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Gary A. Davis was Professor Emeritus of the University of Wisconsin, Department of Educational Psychology, in Madison, Wisconsin. He joined the faculty of the Educational Psychology Department, in the School of Education, at UW Madison in 1965, and retired in 1994. He was an internationally recognized authority in the areas of human creativity and gifted education. He was a talented and prolific writer, with textbooks translated in several languages.

Reviews

[Lindsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gary Davis breathes life into a textbook, nonfictional and theorectical to the core. The use of pictures, transitions, creative and self-actualized self-tests and the few times he inserts himself and talks about his own research at the University caused me to buy in and want to read everything. Davis begins by talking about definitions (which there are many) and theory of creativity. He writes about places creativity may come from and the traits of a creative person. The most beneficial aspect of this book had exercises of how to increase creative thinking skills and cause people to think "outside the box".

Quote: "The hard you work, the luckier you get."

[Kathryn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Phenomenal book. An absolute must for any teacher desiring to be more creative in the classroom.

[Michael Brady · Rating 4 out of 5]

Davis does an excellent job of summarizing the literature on creativity and does his best to keep it light while doing so.

[Stacey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not bad. Not a fan of the format. Very sporadic and confusing in some parts.

[Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good info, but the authors try too hard to be funny. It ruins some of the chapters.

[Amber]

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