Postgraduate Module Descriptor


EFPM224: Creativity and the Arts

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Basic reading:

ABBS, P. (Ed) (1988) A is the Aesthetic, London, Falmer Press. Chapter 1.

ABBS, P. (1994) The Educational Imperative, London, Falmer Press, Chapter 3

ABBS, P. (2003) Against the flow: Education, the arts and post modern culture. London: Routledge Falmer.

BANAJI, S. & BURN, A. (2010) (2nd edition) The Rhetorics of Creativity: A Review of the Literature, London, Arts Council England.               

BANCROFT, S. FAWCETT, M. and HAY, P. (Eds) (2008) Researching Children Researching the World: 5x5x5=creativity. Trentham Books.

BEGHETTO, R. A. and KAUFMAN, J. C. 2007. Toward a broader conception of creativity: A case for 'mini-c' creativity. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, 12, 73-79.

BIESTA, G. J. J. (2006) Beyond learning: Democratic education for a human future Boulder: Paradigm

BODEN, (2004) The Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanisms, (2nd ed) London: Routledge. (‘In a Nutshell – pages 1-10)

BEST, D. (1992) The Rationality of Feeling, London, Falmer Press, Chapter 7.

CHAPPELL, K., WITH CRAFT, A. R., ROLFE, L., & JOBBINS, V. (2012). Humanizing creativity: Valuing our journeys of becoming. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 13(8). Retrieved [28 Nov 2013] from http://www.ijea.org/v13n8/.

CHAPPELL, K., ROLFE, L., CRAFT, A., JOBBINS, V. (2011). Close Encounters: Dance Partners for Creativity.  Stoke on Trent: Trentham Books

CHAPPELL, K. & CRAFT, A. (2011).  Creative Learning Conversations. Educational Research 53:3, 363-38

CHAPPELL, K., CRAFT, A., BURNARD, P., CREMIN, T (2008), Question-posing and Question-responding: the heart of ‘Possibility Thinking’ in the early years. Accepted for publication in Early Years, Vol 28, Issue 3, October 2008 pp267-286. Retrieved October 14, 2008, from http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/09575140802224477

CRAFT A. (2005) Creativity in Schools: Tensions and Dilemmas. London: Routledge. Chapter 11: What is left? Creative co- construction

CRAFT, A (2010). Teaching for Possibility Thinking:  what is it, and how do we do it?  Learning Matters, Melbourne, Catholic Education Office, 15(5), 19-23

CRAFT, A. (2010), Possibility Thinking and Fostering Creativity with Wisdom:  opportunities and constraints in an English context. In Bhegetto, R., Kaufman, J. (Eds). Nurturing Creativity in the Classroom. Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press, 289-312

CRAFT, A. (2011). The Possibilities are Endless. Teach Nursery, 1(3) p49-50

CRAFT, A., CREMIN, T., BURNARD, P., CHAPPELL, K. (2007). Teacher Stance in Creative Learning: A Study of Progression. Thinking Skills and Creativity, Vol. 2, Issue 2, Autumn 2007 pp. 136-147

CRAFT, A., CREMIN, T., HAY, P., CLACK, J. (2012). Creative Primary Schools: Developing Pedagogy for Creativity. Paper presented at British Educational Research Association Conference, September 2012.

CRAFT, A., JEFFREY, B. and LEIBLING, M. (Eds) (2001), Creativity in Education.  London:  Continuum . Chapter 3: Anna Craft – Little c Creativity

CRAFT, A., McCONNON, L., MATTHEWS, A. (2012) Creativity and child-initiated play: fostering possibility thinking in four-year-olds.  Thinking Skills and Creativity , 7(1) , 48-61. doi:10.1016/j.tsc.2011.11.005

Creative Partnerships (2007) Building Creative Partnerships: A Handbook for Schools, London, Arts Council England. CREMIN, T., BURNARD, P., and CRAFT, A. (2006). Pedagogy and possibility thinking in the early years, Journal of Thinking Skills and Creativity Vol. 1, Issue 2, Autumn 2006, pp.108-119

CREMIN, T., CHAPPELL, K., CRAFT (2013), Reciprocity between narrative, questioning and imagination in the early and primary years. Thinking Skills and Creativity 9 (2013) 135– 151 DoI http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2012.11.003

FLEMING, Michael (2008) Arts in education and creativity: a review of the literature, Creative Partnerships and Arts Council England, London

GALLAGHER, K. M. (2011) In search of a theoretical basis for storytelling in education research: story as method, International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 34:1, 49-61  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1743727X.2011.552308

JEFFERY, G. (Ed) (2005), The Creative College: Building a Successful Learning Culture in the Arts, Stoke on Trent, Trentham Books. Chapter 5 - Professional identities: artist and activist teachers?

JEFFREY, B. & CRAFT, A. (2004), Teaching Creatively and Teaching for Creativity: distinctions and relationships, Educational Studies, 30 (1), 77-87.

NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CREATIVE AND CULTURAL EDUCATION (NACCCE) (1999) All Our Futures: Creativity, Culture and Education. London: DfEE

McLELLAN, R., GALTON, M., STEWARD, S., PAGE, C. (2012)  The impact of creative initiatives on well-being: a literature review. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Creativity, Culture and Education. Chapter 5 Concluding thoughts: the relationship between creativity and wellbeing. Available at  h: ttp://www.creativitycultureeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/CCE-Literature-Review- Wellbeing-and-Creativity.pdf

McWILLIAM, E. (2008). Unlearning how to teach. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 45 (3), 263-269.

MOYLES, J. (2005) The Excellence of Play [2nd Edition] Maidenhead: Open University Press.

PAGEL, Mark (2012) Wired for Culture: the natural history of human cooperation, Allen Lane, pp.108-113

RINALIDI, C (2006) In Dialogue with Reggio Emilia: Listening, researching and learning, London, Routledge. Chapter 4:documentation and assessment

RING, K. (2006). Supporting young children drawing: Developing a role. International Journal of Education through Art, 2, 3, 195-209.

ROBINSON, K. (2001) Out of Our Minds: learning to be creative, Oxford: Capstone. Chapter 7 – Balancing the books

ROBINSON, K. (2009). The Element. How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything. Place, Publisher?

SPENCER, E., LUCAS, B., CLAXTON, G. (2012). Progression in Creativity:  developing new forms of assessment. Newcastle: CCE

http://www.creativitycultureeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/Progression-in-Creativity-Final-Report-April-2012.pdf (7 July 2012)

THOMSON, P., HALL, C., JONES, K. & SEFTON-GREEN, J. (2012) The signature pedagogies project Final Report. Newcastle upon Tyne: Creativity, Culture and Education.  Available at: http://www.creativitycultureeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/Signature_Pedagogies_Final_Report_April_2012.pdf

TROTMAN, D. (2008) Liberating the wise educator, cultivating professional judgement in professional practice. In A. Craft, H. Gardner & G. Claxton Creativity, wisdom and trusteeship: Exploring the role of education. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press

WOOD, E, and ATTFIELD, J. (1996) Play, Learning and the Early Childhood Curriculum, London, Paul Chapman.

WINNER, E., GOLDSTEIN, T., VINCENT-LANCRIN, S. (2013). Art for art’s sake: The impact of arts education. Educational Research and Innovation, OECD Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264180789-en.