Introducing Sociocultural Theories of Creativity with Dr. Vlad Glaveanu

 

What is the role of other people, objects and time in creativity? This question is one that sociocultural theory brings to the field of creativity. In this episode of Fueling Creativity, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood speak with Vlad Glaveanu, a multifaceted associate professor, author, thought leader, and creativity researcher. Vlad is widely published in the field of creativity, imagination, wonder, possibility and social change.

 

Listen in to learn about Vlad’s work investigating sociocultural theories for creativity and how sociocultural theory is furthering our global thinking around creativity in education. He sheds light on how time, people, and objects are connected to creativity, along with how you can amplify the creative process in your classroom or at home through his three ways to define creativity. Then, he shares his views on possibility and how it relates to creativity and education.

 

“What sociocultural thinking around creativity does is basically situate the creative person, the creative idea, within a wider context, and more than that, to see that context as an integral part of the creative process.”  - Vlad Glaveanu

 

Vlad’s Tips for Teachers and Parents:

1. Being able to take a risk and be vulnerable has enormous potential within the classroom. Be open to exploring an uncertain future. Ask unknown questions.
2. Playfulness and wonder are elements that will shift a person’s mindset. This allows kids to express themselves.
3. Highlight multiple perspectives. Try to understand the life experience of other people and bring that into your teaching. Remember, understanding someone’s experience doesn’t mean you agree with it.

 

Resources Mentioned:

Read Vlad’s article about Educating with Creativity (3 Different Ways to Define Creativity)

 

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About Vlad Glaveanu:

Vlad Glaveanu is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology and Counselling at Webster University Geneva, founder and Director of the Webster Center for Creativity and Innovation and Associate Professor at the Centre for the Science of Learning and Technology, University of Bergen. He was published widely in the field of creativity, imagination, wonder, possibility and social change. He is the editor of the Creativity Reader, author of Creativity: A Very Short Introduction and The Possible: A Sociocultural Theory (with Oxford University Press), as well as Wonder: The Extraordinary Power of an Ordinary Experience (with Bloomsbury). He recently founded the Possibility Studies Network and you can learn more about this initiative at possibilitystudies.org. In 2018, Vlad received the Berlyne Award for advancing the field of creativity, aesthetics and the arts from the American Psychological Association (Division 10).

 

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