R. Keith Sawyer
R. Keith Sawyer, the Morgan Distinguished Professor in Educational Innovations at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
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Research Interests
Dr. Sawyer has studied three related topics: creativity, learning, and play. In studying each of these topics, Dr. Sawyer focuses on understanding the subtle and often hidden role of collaboration, conversation, interaction, and improvisation.
- Creativity: creativity and innovation through group collaboration;
- Learning: designing classrooms based on the latest science of learning;
- Play: Children develop social skills and group creativity through pretend play.
Publications
- Sawyer, K. R. (2013). Zig zag: The surprising path to greater creativity. New York: Jossey-Bass
- Sawyer, K. R. (2012). Extending sociocultural theory to group creativity. Vocations and Learning, 5, 59-75. (Notes page Link)
- Sawyer, R. K., & DeZutter, S. (2009). Distributed creativity: How collective creations emerge from collaboration. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 3(2), 81-92. (Notes page Link)