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Democratizing Creative Educational Experiences and Side Effects in Education with Ron Beghetto and Yong Zhao – live on October 15, 2022, 5:30 PM eastern.

Creativity has certainly become of the most important topics in the 21st Century, but issues around creativity are far from settled. What is creativity? How to cultivate creativity in education? Can it be assessed? How to assess creativity? These are all significant and unsettled issues in creativity education. Professors Ron Beghetto and Yong Zhao edited an issue of Review of Research in Education (RRE) of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) to explore these issues around creativity in 2021-2022. The issue has been published and can be accessed here.

They are editing another issue of RRE for 2024. The theme is side effects in education. Educational side effects are effects that accompany the intended outcomes of educational policies, initiatives, and practices. While some side effects can be beneficial, they can also be adverse, negative, and damaging (e.g., a scripted reading program aimed at improving test scores may result in some children losing their previous interest in self-directed reading for enjoyment). The call for proposals is here.

In this episode, we have invited the two editors, Professor Ron Beghetto and Professor Yong Zhao, who is also one of the co-hosts of Silver Lining for Learning, to discuss creativity education and side effects in education. More about our guests after the video.


 


Dr. Beghetto is an internationally recognized expert on creative thought and action in educational settings.  He holds the Pinnacle West Presidential Chair and serves as a Professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. Dr. Beghetto is the Editor for the Journal of Creative Behavior, Editor for Review of Research in Education, Series Editor for Creative Theory and Action in Education (Springer Books), and has served as a creativity advisor for LEGO Foundation and the Cartoon Network. He is also a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts (Div. 10, APA), and the International Society for the Study of Creativity and Innovation (ISSCI).  He is the 2018 recipient of the Rudolf Arnheim Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts and 2008 recipient of Daniel E. Berlyne Award from Div. 10 of the American Psychological Association.

 

 

Yong Zhao is a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas and a professor in Educational Leadership at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education in Australia. He previously served as the Presidential Chair, Associate Dean, and Director of the Institute for Global and Online Education in the College of Education, University of Oregon, where he was also a Professor in the Department of Educational Measurement, Policy, and Leadership. Prior to Oregon, Yong Zhao was University Distinguished Professor at the College of Education, Michigan State University, where he also served as the founding director of the Center for Teaching and Technology, executive director of the Confucius Institute, as well as the US-China Center for Research on Educational Excellence. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Education and a fellow of the International Academy of Education.