A. Current Research Strands

1. Longitudinal Creativity - The analysis and articulation of the dynamic of idea generation and development over time.
2. Assessmentof educational environmentsfor longitudinal creative potential. The development of educational environments to sustain longitudinal creative practice.
3. The development and implementation of the Creativity Triadic Model for the comprehensive transformation of school culture toward an educational culture of creativity.
4. Assessing creative maturity of educators and learners.
5. Educational core competencies for creativity and innovation

B. Book Projects

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   Creative Expression, Creative Education: Creativity As A Primary Rationale For Education (2008) co-edited with Carl Leggo published by Detselig/ Temeron Books, Calgary. ISBN: 978 155059-359-4
   
   Creative Expression, Creative Education is a book for educators and parents that presents the case for creativity as a primary rationale for education. It serves as an introduction to the contemporary vocabulary, theory and practice of creativity in education and implications for educational practice. Twenty Canadian creative producers from a variety of creative arts disciplines bearing witness to personal acts of creativity are featured in the main section of this volume.
   
   
2. Associate Editor for Creative Arts In Interdisciplinary Practice: Inquires For Hope and Change. Editor: Cheryl McLean, release date August, 2010.
   
   This book is a project of the International Journal of Creative Arts and Interdisciplinary Practice, a peer-reviewed open access journal, editor: Cheryl McLean, http://www.ijcaip.com.
   
   Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change is a contemporary research text that features informative and illustrative accounts from leading health researchers, social scientists, artists, therapists, nurse educators and professionals, stories of topical research along with dynamic examples demonstrating how the creative arts in many forms as inquiry and in action applied across disciplines can make a critical difference for individuals and society as a whole.”
   
   
3. Editor forCreativeJourney: Developing Personal and Professional Creativity , release date September, 2011, Detselig/ Temeron Books. This project is funded by a conditional grant from Alberta Education. This volume extends the dialogue on the development of an educational culture of creativity across disciplines. This book focuses on the development of creative maturity of the educator under the premise that this is perhaps the singlemost important factor in the establishment of an educational culture of creativity. This work extends the research to establish an understanding of the creative dispositionasone that transcends disciplines reinforcing the link between personal creative development and professional practice.Feature essays focus on contemporary creativity theory, interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity, and metaphorical thinking to compliment thecontributions of the interdisciplinary creative producers who speak to creative development.
   
   
4. Authorof Educating For Creativity, release date September , 2012, Detselig/ Temeron books. This project is funded by a conditional grant from Alberta Education. This volume is focused on methodologyfor educational practice in an educational culture of creativity. This volume uses exemplars from educational practice from pre-school to post-secondary from around the world that bare witness to establishing an educational culture of creativity. Exemplars for this volume come from all levels and dimensions of public and private education.Several international exemplars appear in this volumeinterspersedthroughout the main text that focuses on educational practice and instructional method including assessing and developing the potential of creativity in educational environments and strategies forfostering development of creative maturityamong learners in educational culture.
   
   
5. Associate Editor for Creative Arts Research for Community and Cultural Change. Editor Cheryl McLean
   This book is a project of the International Journal of Creative Arts and Interdisciplinary Practice, a peer-reviewed open access journal, editor: Cheryl McLean, http://www.ijcaip.com.
   In the second research text in the series, "Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice:Research for Community Change Across Cultures" thereis a particular focus on creative arts and research in action and practice that transforms and empowers individuals and communities.The primary focus of this volume is in arts and research within neighbourhoods and cities, across continents and beyond borders offering hope for change across cultures and communities locally and globally. Publisher Detselig/ Temerom Books, December 2010.
   
   
6. Chapter contribution to revised edition of stARTing With edited by Michael Emme, Kit Grauer, and Rita Irwin published by the CSEA , the Canadian Society for Education Through Art. Release: September 2010. Chapter title: Understanding Creativity: Idea Generation and Development. "stARTing With..." is an introduction to the art of art teaching in Canadian schools. Itis designed and written by art teachers and art teacher educators from across Canada whoto provide a stARTing point for those interested in learning about the teaching of art, while also reflecting upon their personal beliefs and values in art education.
   

C. Education Projects

1. The Capitol Hill School Project: Developing A School of Creativity - (K to 6) Calgary, Alberta - This is a two year project focusing on the development of a "School of Creativity" in public education where research is focused on professional development and methodology specific to learning creatively and learning to create across the disciplines. Specific focus is on the comprehensive development and understanding of the concepts of creative maturity and longitudinal creativity.
2. Expanding Horizons (ongoing) – Faculty of Education at the University of Calgary.
   This project offers 500 level courses in education primarily geared to those wishing to complete certification requirements for teaching in Alberta. Creativity and Educational Practice is one of the inaugural courses in this initiative. This course focuses on both collaborative and independent creativity explorations that enhance professional educational practice and personal creative practice.
3. Creative Journey 2011
   This project involves the research and development of a five-day non-credit course for the general public focusing on personal creative development in Canadian wilderness settings. Participants will engage in creative arts-based activities in both independent and collaborative formats with a team of facilitators. Location TBA.
4. Art On The Water 2011 The inaugural Art On The Water event will be a four-day lodge-based experience in July 2010 run through Tofino Sea Kayaking in Clayquot Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island involving creative arts-based activities, principally drawing and painting.