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SUMMARY:The curse of creativity: Applied music research in CIRCLE - David 
 Hargreaves\, Centre for International Research in Creativity and Leaning i
 n Education Roehampton University
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CONTACT:Ewa Illakowicz
DESCRIPTION:In spite of the second ‘C’ in CIRCLE\, and in spite of the
  massive international currency of ‘creativity’ in education\, psychol
 ogy\, and other fields including business and management\, I argue that it
  has become a conceptual burden which has outlived its usefulness. So many
  different definitions and theories of creativity abound that Liam Hudson
 ’s (1996) view that ‘‘creative’ does duty as a word of general app
 robation – meaning\, approximately\, ‘good’’ - is still true over 
 40 years later. We need more precise distinctions between the internal men
 tal processes and the behavioural manifestations of ‘creativity’\; bet
 ween these internal processes and the social–environmental influences in
 volved\; and between creative production and creative perception. I will a
 lso provide a brief outline of the music research in CIRCLE\, and describe
  two recent studies - of the role of everyday musical activities in the ac
 quisition of musical skill\, and of teachers’ and children’s perceptio
 ns of the purpose of ‘creative’ musical activities.\n\nDavid Hargreave
 s is Professor of Education and Froebel Research Fellow at Roehampton Univ
 ersity\, and Visiting Professor at the Inter-University Institute of Macau
 \, and the University of Gothenburg\, Sweden\, where he was awarded an hon
 orary doctorate in 2004. He has been Editor of Psychology of Music\, Chair
  of the Research Commission of the International Society for Music Educati
 on (ISME)\, and is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society\, His boo
 ks\, in psychology\, education\, the arts\, and music have been translated
  into 15 languages. He has appeared on BBC TV and radio as a jazz pianist 
 and composer\, and is organist at his local village church\, but really ou
 ght to do more jazz playing than he currently has time for. He supports hi
 s home League 2 team\, Accrington Stanley. 
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, room GS1
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