How dogmatic beliefs harm creativity and higher-level thinking

In a world plagued by enormous, complex problems requiring long-range vision and interdisciplinary insights, the need to attend to the influence of dogmatic thinking on the development of high ability and creative intelligence is pressing. This volume introduces the problem of dogmatism broadly, explores the nature and nuances of dogmatic thinking from various disciplinary perspectives, and applies the gleaned insights to what is known about creativity. Bringing together leading thinkers in the fields of creative studies and education, and in other relevant fields (history, sociology, psychology) whose work pertains to the various dimensions of dogmatism and the ethical problems it generates, this panoramic view represents interdisciplinary bridge building with the potential to generate new insights about the education of creative young minds.

Author Notes

Don Ambrose is Professor of Graduate Education at Rider University, editor of the Roeper Review, and past chair of the Conceptual Foundations Division of the National Association for Gifted Children.
Robert J. Sternberg is Provost and Senior Vice President of Oklahoma State University, and Honorary Professor of Psychology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. He is a former president of the American Psychological Association and the Eastern Psychological Association.

Howard GardnerDon Ambrose and Robert J. SternbergDon AmbroseAndrew J. BacevichDaniel ChirotLinda Elder and Richard PaulBob AltemeyerDon AmbroseDavid C. BerlinerHenry A. GirouxC. A. BowersDean Keith SimontonMark A. RuncoJames C. Kaufman and Candice D. Davis and Ronald A. BeghettoJohn BaerCheryl L. Walker and Bruce M. ShoreSusan J. PaikAi-Girl TanRobert J. Sternberg

Foreword	p. xi
Section I Introduction: The Need for Attending to the Influence of Dogmatism on Creative Intelligence	p. 1
1 Overview of a Collaborative, Interdisciplinary Exploration	p. 3
2 Finding Dogmatic Insularity in the Territory of Various Academic Disciplines	p. 9
Section II Interdiciplinary Perspectives on the Problem of Dogmatism	p. 27
3 Next Time Victory	p. 29
4 Dogmatism and Genocide	p. 33
5 Dogmatism, Creativity, and Critical Thought: The Reality of Human Minds and the Possibility of Critical Societies	p. 37
6 Dogmatism and Authoritarianism	p. 50
7 An Interdisciplinary Flight over Dogmatic Socioeconomic, Political, Ideological, and Cultural Terrian	p. 64
Section III Dogmatism in Socioeconomic, Cultural, and Ideological Contexts that influence Education	p. 77
8 Narrowing Curriculum, Assessments, and Conceptions of What It Means to Be Smart in the U.S. Schools: Creaticide by Design	p. 79
9 Dark Times: Bush, Obama, and the Specter of Authoritarianism in American Politics	p. 94
10 The Challenge Facing Educational Reformers: Making the Transition from Individual to Ecological Intelligence in an Era of Climate Change	p. 112
Section IV Dogmatism and Its Implication for Creative Intelligence	p. 123
11 One Creator's Meat is Another Creator's Poison: Field and Domain Restrictions on Individual Creativity	p. 125
12 Parsimonious Creativity and Dogma	p. 135
13 Why Creativity Should Matter, Why It Doesn't, and What We Can Do About It	p. 145
14 Unintentional Dogmatism When Thinking Big: How Grand Theories and Interdisciplinary Thinking Can Sometimes Limit Our Vision	p. 157
15 Five Gifted Ways to Lose Your Creative Intelligence	p. 171
16 From Dogmatic Mastery to Creative Productivity	p. 185
17 Constructive Creativity for Growth	p. 192
Section V Conclusion	p. 205
18 What is the Purpose of Schooling? How Dogmatism Provides a Litmus Test for Failed Models	p. 207
Contributors	p. 216
Index	p. 223

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