episodes dedicated to
Creativity Science and
Research
Our podcast collections bring together episodes focused on specific creativity and education topics, like our Creativity Research collection, which offers a collection of interviews from leading researchers in the field of creativity.
Collection Highlights
Unleashing Creativity in Education: Dr. Robert Sternberg on Defying the Crowd
Digging into the Career and Contributions of Dr. Howard Gardner with Dr. Howard Gardner
Everyday Creativity in the Classroom with Dr. Ruth Richards
How Emotions Influence the Creative Process with Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle
Educating for Creative Potential with Mark Runco
Discussing Beauty Over Functionality and Malevolent Creativity with Dr. David Cropley
The Creativity Advantage with Dr. James Kaufman
About This Collection
This collection features interviews with some of the field’s foremost creativity researchers, offering cutting-edge insights into creativity studies and theory. Explore topics ranging from measuring creative potential in students to the burgeoning research on creativity and neuroscience, uncovering intriguing connections between brain function and creative thought. We delve into the interplay between emotion and creativity, tackle excellence gaps in education, and highlight studies on everyday creativity alongside the traits of eminent creative inventors. Whether you’re an educator, researcher, or lifelong learner, these episodes provide engaging discussions and fresh perspectives from leading experts to ignite and enrich your understanding of creativity.
Selected Episodes
Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation in the Classroom (Double Expresso)
Season 10, Episode 13 Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation in the Classroom (Part One) “I think if you can allow your children to explore and experiment with things, even if they're making monstrosities, they're learning. They're learning and they're having fun and...
Thinking Critically and Creatively in Math
Season 10, Episode 9 Thinking Critically and Creatively in Math“I think something like 60% of kids going into STEM drop out in the first year. And a lot of the times that's because of maths courses. And does that reduce the diversity of the people taking stem?...
Creativity: An Ability to Defy the Crowd (Double Expresso)
Season 9, Episode 13 Creativity: An Ability to Defy the Crowd“The most important thing for creativity, it involves both intelligence. Creative intelligence, that is. But the most important thing is your attitudes that you're willing to defy the crowd. ” - Dr. Robert...
The Science Behind the Curtain: Theater’s Role in Boosting Creativity
Season 9, Episode 12 The Science Behind the Curtain: Theater's Role in Boosting Creativity “So what we looked at was what were the psychological skills that teachers were asking students to bring to the material of a theater classroom? So these are the acting habits...
Everyday Creativity in the Classroom (Double Expresso)
In this Double Expresso of the “Fueling Creativity in Education Podcast,” hosts Dr. Matthew Worwood and Dr. Cyndi Burnett welcome educational psychologist and board-certified psychiatrist Dr. Ruth Richards to discuss the profound concept of everyday creativity.
How emotions influence the creative process with Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle
In this episode of the Fueling Creativity in Education podcast, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood welcome Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, a Senior Research Scientist at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.
Building Robots to Support Childhood Creativity (Double Expresso)
In Part 2 of this double espresso interview, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood continue speaking with Dr. Patrícia Alves-Oliveira, a Postdoctoral Researcher who focuses on designing human-robot interaction. Patrícia is interested in leveraging the qualities of social robots to empower human health and education, foster creativity in children, and improve mental health among adolescents.
Educating and Nurturing Creative Potential in the Classroom
Season Four kicks off with a double expresso episode featuring Dr. Mark Runco, who unpacks creative potential, divergent thinking, and why nurturing creativity should be the true goal of education.
How to Engage, Inspire, and Promote Creativity in the Classroom
In this episode of the Fueling Creativity in Education podcast, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood speak with Dr. Joseph Renzulli, a world-renowned pioneer in gifted education, creativity, and teaching strategies.
Creativity is about Change in the System with Michael Hanchett Hanson
In this episode of the Fueling Creativity in Education podcast, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood welcome Dr. Michael Hanchett Hanson, a developmental psychologist, author, and leader of the Participatory Creativity Lab. Among many other notable roles, Michael is one of the leading advocates for the participatory framework of creativity, emphasizing the diversity of roles people take up as participants in change.
Discussing Beauty Over Functionality and Malevolent Creativity
In this episode of Fueling Creativity, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood speak with world-renowned author and Professor of Engineering Innovation, Dr. David Cropley, about the psychology and ethics of creativity and innovation in the context of technology, engineering, and design. Listen in to learn how educators can prepare students to be better equipped to work with machine learning and AI in creative and problem-solving environments.
Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman and the New Science of Self-Actualization
In this episode of the Fueling Creativity podcast, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood interview cognitive scientist and humanistic psychologist, Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, about his most recent book, Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization. In this book, he reimagines Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.
Creativity, Multipotentiality, and Supporting Student Interests
Dr. Sally Reis discusses the importance of recognizing gifted and twice-exceptional students, the central role of creativity in gifted education, and how to better support women and girls in STEM.
The role of Serendipity in Creativity with Dr. Wendy Ross
In this episode of the Fueling Creativity podcast, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood speak with Dr. Wendy Ross, a cognitive scientist, senior lecturer in psychology, and Chair of the Serendipity Society. Wendy’s research looks at the role of serendipity in creativity, using everything from experimental methods to ethnographic work.
Excellence Gaps, Creativity, and Learning Assessments in Education
In part one of this two-part interview, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood welcome Dr. Jonathan Plucker, President of the National Association for Gifted Children, for a double espresso conversation.
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