Aha! Twórcze olśnienia w matematyce z perspektywy ucznia i nauczyciela
Creativity of an Aha! Moment and Mathematics Education

Contributor(s): Bronisław Czarnocha (Editor), William Baker (Editor)
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Individual Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Personality Psychology, Psychology of Self
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: aha! moment; Koestler’s bisociation theory; constructivist learning concepts; maths didactics; creativity research
Summary/Abstract: The authors of the publication answer questions about what mathematics has to do with creativity and whether learning mathematics can be creative. In their opinion, maths lessons are an excellent opportunity to shape and explore creativity, and creative aha! moments support the learning process and cognitive development of all students, not only the most talented ones. The book introduces the theory of bisociation – the creativity of an aha! moment, formulated by Koestler, into the teaching of mathematics. The authors combine it with constructivist concepts of learning, forming the basis of a new theory, which integrates creativity and allows to describe moments of insight at different stages of student development. The texts collected in the publication shed light on the creative experience of eureka in mathematics, which is discussed in various contexts: affection, cognitive processes, attention theory, neuroscience and computational creativity.

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