Chapter 1. Evolving ecologies: Creative policy, partnerships and practice in education; Anne Harris, Pat Thomson and Kim Snepvangers.- SECTION I. POLICY.- Chapter 2. What did Creative Partnerships achieve? A review of the Creative Partnerships (CP) research archive; Patricia Thomson, Rebecca Coles and Maddy Hallewell.- Chapter 3. Transforming creative classroom contradictions through activity theory analysis; Victoria Kinsella.- Chapter 4. Creative Agency / creative ecologies; Anne M. Harris.- Chapter 5. Value-adding in higher education: Complementary contexts for learning creativities; Jonathan Purdy, Vinesh Chandra and Kelli McGraw.- SECTION II. PARTNERSHIPS.- Chapter 6. Creative partnerships: Exploring encounters in the contact zone; Donna Mathewson Mitchell.- Chapter 7. Creative industry encounters: Digital ecologies in art, design and media; Kim Snepvangers.- Chapter 8. Organisational change for creativity in education; Leon de Bruin.- Chapter 9. Creative ecologies in education: teaching relationships within sustained school-based artist-in-residence projects; Christine Hatton and Mary Mooney.- SECTION III. PRACTICE.- Chapter 10. The antecedents and outcomes of creative cognition; Sarah Asquith, Xu Wang and Anna Abraham.- Chapter 11. Assessing Creativity: Four Critical Issues; Rachel Jacobs.- Chapter 12. Tearing it down: Using problematisation to encourage artistic creativity; Shelley Hannigan and Katherine Barrand.- Chapter 13. From Wise Humanising Creativity to (posthumanising) creativity; Kerry Chappell.- Chapter 14. An ecology of care: Relationships and responsibility through the constitutive and creative acts of oral history theatre making in local communities shouldering global crises; Kathleen Gallagher, Nancy Cardwell and Dirk Rodricks.- Chapter 15. Flexibility, constraints and creativity - cultivating creativity in teacher education; Susan Davis.- Chapter 16. Propositions for policy, partnership and practice in educational creative futures; Kim Snepvangers, Anne Harris and Pat Thomson.

“In 2021 PISA will for the first time ever test Creative Thinking alongside mathematics, science, and reading. Understanding the policy and practice issues underpinning this vitally important capability is one of the key issues facing educators across the world today. Creativity Policy, Partnerships and Practice in Education is an imaginative, scholarly, practical, challenging and timely set of thought-pieces which is certain to stimulate productive debate and useful activity. This book is essential reading for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners alike who want to embed creativity and creative thinking in all aspects of education.” (Professor Bill Lucas, University of Winchester, UK)“This outstanding contribution to the field of creativity and creative education, digs deep into key areas that require our understanding and attention. The collection surfaces and celebrates the values of communal practices and nurturing; placing creativity at the heart of social, environmental and educational change.” (Professor Jonothan Neelands, Warwick Business School, UK) “If you think that Creativity is frequently highly valued, yet deemed something impossible to teach and difficult to learn, then read this book. It is a calm, sensible, wide-ranging, well written and well evidenced collection of essays showing how schools, higher education and education system themselves can develop effective and enjoyable programmes and policies to put creativity at the heart of a modern vision for education.”(Professor Julian Sefton Green, Deakin University, Australia) “In this book leading international scholars shape major theoretical and organisational achievements in creativity. When Creativity is fused with the three ‘Ps’ – Policy, Partnerships and Practice, a dynamic network of refreshed and urgently needed educational possibilities are wide open.” (Professor Julianne Moss, Deakin University, Australia)

Examines gaps in creativity education across the education lifespan Analyses how creativity can advance in order to respond to pedagogical innovations and economic imperatives Emphasises the individual and risky nature of creativity in educational practice