Creativity in Experts, Nonformal Reasoning, and Educational Applications

Abstract

In this chapter I first give a summary of the overall theoretical framework developed followed by a section on how experts use creativity effectively. That section discusses how such apparently weak nonformal methods could possibly produce successful theories. I then consider educational issues by starting from a summary of expert—novice similarities and differences identified here and examining their educational implications. I end by discussing whether creative processes in experts appear to be ordinary or unnatural and the extent to which they are explainable.