From Experience to Creativity: The experiential educator's incomplete guide to creativity - Paperback

by Jasper Hunt (Foreword by), Amy Climer (Contribution by), Daniel Cape (Author)

From Experience to Creativity is the first book to address the significant relationship between the fields of experiential education and creativity that has been overlooked for far too long. Cape provides an academic presentation of creativity through fun and inspiring examples in easily accessible language that helps readers move past the layperson's understanding of creativity. More than just an artistic pursuit or only available to a select few, creativity is a universal human trait that can be intentionally developed and taught. Simply learning about creativity and applying the concepts presented can make readers more creative and adaptable to a quickly-changing world.From Experience to Creativity explains the various levels of creativity, place creativity into the context of the field of experiential education, provides simple methods of incorporating creativity into the lives of readers and participants, offers structured processes of promoting and using creativity, and finally, it contains a case study of Kurt Hahn that explores his creative nature. Contributing author, Amy Climer (climerconsulting.com) provides readers with an easy to follow explanation of the Creative Problem Solving

Author Biography

Daniel Cape has worked in the field of experiential education for over fifteen years in US and international camp settings, classrooms, project based learning, and independence transition programs, in addition to his experience serving as a Combat Engineer officer in the Army National Guard. He has an MS in Experiential Education from Minnesota State University, Mankato and is working on his Ph.D. in Psychology with a specialization in Creativity Studies from Saybrook University. Daniel has been a caricature artist for nearly fourteen years and recently started his non-profit, EPIC Smiles (www.epicsmiles.org), which aims to build a global community of caricatures for youth through art instruction and providing new and creative experiences for young people. His hobbies include international travel, skydiving, art, and spending time outdoors.