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The Pedagogy of Creativity represents a groundbreaking study linking the pedagogy of classroom creativity with psychoanalytical theories. Taking a classroom-based example of poststructuralist methodology as its starting point, Anna Herbert’s investigation explores the relationship between creativity seen in psychological activity, such as dreams, and creativity seen in the classroom, asking the following questions: What might a methodology which taps into different forms of creativity look like? Could such a methodology support current neuropsychological theories of memory and learning? What are the consequences of imaginary and symbolic orders of knowledge for the understanding of both conscious and unconscious creativity in the classroom? Exploring the ideas of a number of psychological analysts including Jacques Lacan’s four discourses, concepts of ‘the other’ and the theories of Postructuralist thinkers including Levinas, Mead and Kristeva, Herbert explains how different theories can be used to develop creativity in the classroom and surmount obstacles preventing creative environments. Clearly presenting both theoretical positions and their bearing on classroom practice, teachers at all levels will benefit from this innovative approach to creativity, as will school psychologists and all professionals interested in the links between psychoanalysis and pedagogy. Herbert clearly communicates both theoretical positions and their bearing on classroom practice. Teacher at all levels will benefit from this innovative approach to creativity, as will school psychologists and other professionals interested in the links between psychoanalysis and pedagogy.
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The Pedagogy of Creativity
Anna Herbert
This first edition published 2010 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2010. To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk. © 2010 Anna Herbert All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Herbert, Anna-Karin. The pedagogy of creativity/Anna-Karin Herbert. p. cm. 1. Creative teaching–Philosophy. 2. Creative ability–Psychological aspects. 3. Educational psychology. I. Title. LB1027.H3985 2010 370.1597–dc22 2009037631 ISBN 0-203-85546-9 Master e-book ISBN
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Contents
Acknowledgements
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Introduction
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1 Towards a poststructuralist pedagogy Introduction 6 What might Lacanian theory add to our understanding of the creative process? 7 Concepts and obstacles 9 A comparison between Freud’s and Lacan’s theory of consciousness 10 The Project: perception, language and memory 12 The mirror phase: through the looking glass of desire 16 A comparison between the neuropsychological and cognitive theories 18 Damasio and core consciousness 18 Gärdenfors and bodily self-awareness 19 Connaissance: conscious imaginary knowledge 20 Summary 22
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2 The symbolic order and the uncon