How Dogmatic Beliefs Harm Creativity and Higher-level Thinking

Foreword Howard Gardner A Note about the Cover Don Ambrose Part I: Introduction: The Need For Attending To The Influence Of DOGMATISM On Creative Intelligence Chapter One: Overview of a Collaborative, Interdisciplinary Exploration Don Ambrose & Robert J. Sternberg Chapter Two: Finding Dogmatic Insularity in the Territory of Various Academic Disciplines Don Ambrose PART II: Interdisciplinary Perspectives On The Problem Of Dogmatism Chapter Three: Next Time Victory Andrew Bacevich Chapter Four: Dogmatism and Genocide Daniel Chirot Chapter Five: Dogmatism, Creativity, and Critical Thought: The Reality of Human Minds and the Possibility of Critical Societies Linda Elder & Richard Paul Chapter Six: Dogmatism and Authoritarianism Bob Altemeyer Chapter Seven: An Interdisciplinary Flight Over Dogmatic Socioeconomic, Political, Ideological, and Cultural Terrain Don Ambrose PART III: Dogmatism In Socioeconomic, Cultural, andIdeological Contexts That Influence Education Chapter Eight: Narrowing Curriculum, Assessments, and Conceptions of What It Means to Be Smart in the US Schools: Creaticide by Design David Berliner Chapter Nine: Dark Times: Bush, Obama, and the Specter of Authoritarianism in American Politics Henry Giroux Chapter Ten: The Challenge Facing Educational Reformers: Making the Transition from Individual to Ecological Intelligence in an Era of Climate Change C. A. Bowers Part IV: Dogmatism And Its Implications For Creative Intelligence Chapter Eleven: One Creator's Meat is another Creator's Poison: Field and Domain Restrictions on Individual Creativity Dean Keith Simonton Chapter Twelve: Parsimonious Creativity and Dogma Mark Runco Chapter Thirteen: Why Creativity Should Matter, Why It Doesn't, and What We Can Do About It James Kaufman, Candice Davis & Ronald A. Beghetto Chapter Fourteen: Unintentional Dogmatism When Thinking Big: How Grand Theories and Interdisciplinary Thinking Can Sometimes Limit Our Vision John Baer Chapter Fifteen: Five Gifted Ways to Lose Your Creative Intelligence Cheryl L. Walker & Bruce M. Shore Chapter Sixteen: From Dogmatic Mastery to Creative Productivity Susan J. Paik Chapter Seventeen: Constructive Creativity for Growth Ai-Girl Tan Part V: Conclusion Chapter Eighteen: What is the Purpose of Schooling? How Dogmatism Provides a Litmus Robert J. Sternberg About The Contributors