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Narrative Creativity

An Introduction to How and Why

Angus Fletcher author Mike Benveniste author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Publishing:31st Dec '24

£17.00

This title is due to be published on 31st December, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

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This Element provides new creativity theory, explains why children are more imaginative than AI, and outlines methods to enhance creativity.

This Element introduces narrative creativity, distinguishing it from other approaches and explaining its biological and neuroscientific origins. It discusses its contributions to technological innovation, scientific progress, cultural growth, and psychological well-being. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.This Element offers a concise introduction to the theory and practice of narrative creativity. It distinguishes narrative creativity from ideation, divergent thinking, design thinking, brainstorming, and other current approaches to explaining and/or cultivating creativity. It explains the biological and neuroscientific origins of narrative creativity. It provides practical exercises, developed and tested in hundreds of classrooms and businesses, and validated independently by the US Army. It details how narrative creativity contributes to technological innovation, scientific progress, cultural growth, and psychological wellbeing. It describes how narrative creativity can be assessed. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

ISBN: 9781009614771

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

75 pages