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A Creative Process

Using Songwriting to Develop Creativity

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Creative Dimensions of Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century

Part of the book series: Advances in Creativity and Giftedness ((ACAG))

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Creativity is popular. Schools want to teach it; parents want their kids to have it; and businesses want to harness it, although usually under the cover of the more Darwinian-sounding word “innovation”. The way ahead seems clear: we should make people creative.

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  1. Queen’s University, Canada

    Trevor Strong

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  1. Yorkville University, Canada

    Jill B. Cummings

  2. University of New Brunswick, Canada

    Mary L. Blatherwick

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Strong, T. (2017). A Creative Process. In: Cummings, J.B., Blatherwick, M.L. (eds) Creative Dimensions of Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century. Advances in Creativity and Giftedness. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-047-9_32

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