Deconstructing Creativity

Gash, Hugh

Volume 18 · Number 2 · Pages 313–315

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Deconstructing Creativity

Hugh Gash

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Open peer commentary on the article “Catching the Big Fish: A 4E-Cognition Approach to Creativity in STEAM Education” by Ronnie Videla, Tomas Veloz & María Carolina Pino. Abstract: The authors of the target article provide insight into various ways creativity has been presented in the past 50 years or so. In my commentary, I identify some historical antecedents of key 4E ideas that can be found in the work of Dewey, Piaget and von Glasersfeld. I also allude to some crucial differences between radical constructivism and 4E cognition, and wonder whether implicit epistemologies may impact on the creative process.

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Gash H. (2023) Deconstructing creativity. Constructivist Foundations 18(2): 313–315. https://constructivist.info/18/2/313

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