Creativity and innovation are central to 21st century learning, as students need to be equipped with the right tools to succeed in increasingly complex post-secondary environments and the knowledge economy. This resource provides educators with the latest research in the field of creative development in education, along with tactics and strategies on how to effectively integrate creativity within general education practice. Teachers and students in post-secondary education programs will learn assessment strategies and instructional design techniques to encourage creative development. The book also provides suggested explorations for professional development and real-life success stories from the classroom. Creative Development is an effective resource for faculty of education courses dealing with creativity, innovation and design thinking in educational practice. Teachers and administrators will benefit as well from the practical strategies for implementing creative practice at the classroom and school levels.

Introduction: the concept of creative development -- 1. Understanding creativity, creative capacity, and creative development -- 2. The Educational culture of collaborative creativity -- 3. Engaging in creative practice: from design thinking to design doing -- 4. Learning experience design for creative development -- 5. Assessment as creative development -- 6. Creative development in teacher education, in the field and beyond.