ABSTRACT

As the editors of this volume note, it is all too easy in a discussion of creative learning to put the accent on only the first word-creative-in the phrase at the heart of this book. So, countless reformers have written about how to make students more creative and why it matters. But I propose here that we will not be much closer to better schooling until we focus on the phrase in its entirety, with each term accented equally. Until and unless the student is provided with an education in every subject that demands creative learning, school will continue to be uninteresting and ineffective for the majority of students.