What is the Relationship between Social Tact in Teacher-Pupil Exchanges and Creativity? Reconceptualising Functional Causes of Creativity in Artmaking

Art teachers are renowned for their claims that the creative properties of their senior secondary pupils' artworks occur as a result of the realisation of a creative process. Drawing on my recent ethnographic studies in senior art classrooms in Sydney, Australia, and Illinois, USA, I uncover a sociological, rather than a psychological explanation of creativity, which ironically, appears to satisfy the creative process claims of teachers. This...