Creativity and Risk-Taking in Teaching and Learning Settings: Insights from Six International Narratives
Abstrakt
Creativity is a highly sought-after capacity in many learning discourses. It is often positioned as vital to education futures, given the complex problems and settings that students face.
However, an often-ignored aspect of educational creativity is its connection to risk-taking. The authors collected real-world practice narratives from USA, Australia, Portugal, Czech Republic, and India, exemplifying creative risk in teaching and learning practice settings.
The authors begin by reviewing the literature on creativity, risk-taking and failure. Then they describe the narrative inquiry-based research approach and present the six international vignettes where creative risk and failure were instantiated.
Following this, they discuss key themes and takeaways based on the narratives, with implications for research and practice.