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Technology, Knowledge and Learning

, Volume 23, Issue 3, pp 409–424 | Cite as

Creativity and Technology in Education: An International Perspective

  • Danah Henriksen
  • Michael Henderson
  • Edwin Creely
  • Sona Ceretkova
  • Miroslava Černochová
  • Evgenia Sendova
  • Erkko T. Sointu
  • Christopher H. Tienken
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Abstract

In this article, we consider the benefits and challenges of enacting creativity in the K-12 context and examine educational policy with regard to twenty-first century learning and technology. Creativity is widely considered to be a key construct for twenty-first century education. In this article, we review the literature on creativity relevant to education and technology to reveal some of the complex considerations that need to be addressed within educational policy. We then review how creativity emerges, or fails to emerge, in six national education policy contexts: Australia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Finland, Slovakia, and the U.S. We also locate the connections, or lack of, between creativity and technology within those contexts. While the discussion is limited to these nations, the implications strongly point to the need for a coherent and coordinated approach to creating greater clarity with regards to the rhetoric and reality of how creativity and technology are currently enacted in educational policy.

Keywords

Creativity Educational technology Twenty-first century learning International education policy Teaching and learning Review National policy contexts Creative teaching Creative learners 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Arizona State UniversityPhoenixUSA
  2. 2.Monash UniversityMelbourneAustralia
  3. 3.Constantine the Philosopher UniversityNitraSlovakia
  4. 4.Charles University, Faculty of PraguePragueCzech Republic
  5. 5.Institute of Mathematics and Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy of SciencesSofiaBulgaria
  6. 6.University of Eastern FinlandJoensuuFinland
  7. 7.Seton Hall UniversitySouth OrangeUSA

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