Curriculum and Instruction for Cultivating Students’ Creativity
A special issue of Education Sciences (ISSN 2227-7102). This special issue belongs to the section "Curriculum and Instruction".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 4 December 2026 | Viewed by 165
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fostering creativity; undergraduate mathematics education
Interests: mathematical creativity; undergraduate mathematics education
Interests: mathematical creativity; equity; mathematical identity; mathematical affect
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nurturing creativity in the classroom is critical across disciplines, as it enables innovation, problem-solving, and the advancement of knowledge. Beyond the classroom, creativity is a skill that employers consistently cite as important for success in the 21st-century workforce. Arming students with this skill has become increasingly difficult, especially in the age of AI. Despite its importance, studies exploring how to cultivate creative capacities in the classroom remain sparse.
Given the pressing need to increase creativity across the curriculum, this Special Issue aims to address this gap by inviting contributions that examine creativity-fostering teaching methods and approaches to enhancing students’ creative capacities. Through this work, we hope to equip the next generation of learners with the creative skills necessary to thrive in an ever-evolving workforce and contribute to the advancement of knowledge in their respective fields.
We invite submissions addressing, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Instructional practices and classroom implementations that foster students’ creativity, including the design and implementation of classroom activities, creative tasks, assessments, and case studies of creative teaching practices.
- Curriculum design, pedagogical frameworks, and programmatic innovations that integrate creativity into courses, degree programs, or broader educational structures.
- Theoretical and empirical research on creativity in teaching and learning that advances conceptual, methodological, or analytical understanding of creativity in educational contexts.
- Studies connecting creativity to related domains such as equity, inclusion, access, identity, affect, and teacher preparation or professional development.
- Cross-disciplinary or interdisciplinary approaches to cultivating creativity, as well as work examining implications for curriculum standards, institutional initiatives, and educational policy.
Dr. Emily Cilli-Turner
Prof. Dr. Houssein El Turkey
Prof. Dr. Gail Tang
Prof. Dr. Gulden Karakok
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- creativity-fostering curriculum
- creativity-fostering pedagogy, teacher development and teacher actions
- domain-specific creativity
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