Special Issue on Creative Excellence in Education

Education gives a practical dimension to creativity. Access to education should provide an opportunity for individuals to transform their thinking through new conversations with others and exposure to the unfamiliar. The need for excellence in education is meant to help prepare the child better for life’s challenges and to extend the processes by which adults can make sense of their world and experiences and so allow development of personal skills and potential to the maximum. A challenge for organizations is to encourage development of sound core skills across the group while recognizing the distinctions individuals bring and the role of diversity and new thinking in creating excellence.

This issue provides an opportunity to extend the discussion around how creativity can help to promote excellence in educational development, and what elements contribute to specific forms of excellence in educational innovation (e.g. personal development of the teacher to produce individual excellence, their support for colleagues, as well as within the delivery of their role and how this creates impact and engagement beyond the immediate sphere of influence).

For this special issue, we invite front-line researchers and authors to submit original research and review articles exploring the various elements of creative excellence in education. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Aiming for excellence: the need for creativity in education
• Education and innovation: different aspects of creativity
• Vision and leadership: implications for educational organizations
• Case studies: how creativity and excellence are achieved

Authors should read over the journal’s For Authors carefully before submission. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal’s Paper Submission System.

Please kindly specify the “Special Issue” under your manuscript title. The research field “Special Issue - Creative Excellence in Education” should be selected during your submission.

Special Issue timetable:

Guest Editor:

Dr. Gayle Calverley

The University of Manchester, UK

For further questions or inquiries

Please contact Editorial Assistant at

ce@scirp.org