Abstract
Creativity and innovation competences are strongly in demand in highly developed knowledge societies. Schools are encouraged to pay more attention to the development of such competences. Unfortunately, there is a false notion that academic knowledge competences cannot exist side by side with creative competences. The argument in this article is that academic knowledge and creativity
form a complementary relation; furthermore, it will explain what such an understanding means to curriculum development in school and teacher education.
form a complementary relation; furthermore, it will explain what such an understanding means to curriculum development in school and teacher education.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Teacher effectiveness : capacity building in a complex learning era |
| Editors | Oon-Seng Tan , Woon-Chia Liu |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Place of publication | Singapore |
| Publisher | Cengage Learning |
| Publication date | 2015 |
| Edition | 1. |
| Pages | 105-118 |
| Chapter | 5 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789814605564 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789814633239 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |