Season 1, Episode 9
Sociocultural Theories of Creativity and Education
– Vlad Glaveanu
Episode Transcription
Introducing Sociocultural Theories of Creativity with Dr. Vlad Glaveanu
What is the role of other people, objects and time in creativity?
Listen in to learn about Vlad’s work investigating sociocultural theories for creativity and how sociocultural theory is furthering our global thinking around creativity in education. He sheds light on how time, people, and objects are connected to creativity, along with how you can amplify the creative process in your classroom or at home through his three ways to define creativity. Then, he shares his views on possibility and how it relates to creativity and education.
“What sociocultural thinking around creativity does is basically situate the creative person, the creative idea, within a wider context, and more than that, to see that context as an integral part of the creative process.” – Vlad Glaveanu
Vlad’s Tips for Teachers and Parents:
- Being able to take a risk and be vulnerable has enormous potential within the classroom. Be open to exploring an uncertain future. Ask unknown questions.
- Playfulness and wonder are elements that will shift a person’s mindset. This allows kids to express themselves.
- Highlight multiple perspectives. Try to understand the life experience of other people and bring that into your teaching. Remember, understanding someone’s experience doesn’t mean you agree with it.
About the Guest
Vlad Glaveanu is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology and Counselling at Webster University Geneva, founder and Director of the Webster Center for Creativity and Innovation and Associate Professor at the Centre for the Science of Learning and Technology, University of Bergen. He was published widely in the field of creativity, imagination, wonder, possibility and social change. He is the editor of the Creativity Reader, author of Creativity: A Very Short Introduction and The Possible: A Sociocultural Theory (with Oxford University Press), as well as Wonder: The Extraordinary Power of an Ordinary Experience (with Bloomsbury). He recently founded the Possibility Studies Network and you can learn more about this initiative at possibilitystudies.org. In 2018, Vlad received the Berlyne Award for advancing the field of creativity, aesthetics and the arts from the American Psychological Association (Division 10).
Learn more about Vlad & Connect with him
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