Keith Sawyer Explained
| Robert Keith Sawyer |
| Birth Date: | April 28, 1960 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Morgan Distinguished Professor in Educational Innovations |
| Workplaces: | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Education: | University of Chicago, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis Title: | The performance of pretend play: enacting peer culture in conversation |
| Thesis Year: | 1994 |
| Thesis Url: | http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32136091 |
| Known For: | Creativity, Collaboration, Learning |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi |
| Occupation: | Psychologist, author |
Robert Keith Sawyer is an American psychologist. He is an expert on creativity, collaboration, and learning.[1] [2] [3] [4] He has published 19 books and over 100 scientific articles. His best-known books are Group Genius,[5] Zig Zag,[6] and Explaining Creativity.[7] Fifteen of his books have been translated into other language editions, primarily Chinese Japanese, and Korean. He is the Morgan Distinguished Professor in Educational Innovations at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Books
- Book: R. Keith Sawyer and Danah Henriksen . Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation (third edition) . Oxford University Press 2024 . 2024 . 978-0197747537 .
- Book: R. Keith Sawyer . The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences . Cambridge University Press 2022 . 2022 . 978-1108840989 .
- Book: R. Keith Sawyer . The Creative Classroom: Innovative Teaching for 21st Century Learners . Teachers College Press 2019 . 2019 . 9780807777633 .
- Book: R. Keith Sawyer . Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration (Second Edition) . Basic Books 2017 . 2017 . 9780465096633 .
- Book: Michael Evans . Michael Packer . R. Keith Sawyer . Reflections on the Learning Sciences: Past, Present, and Future . Cambridge University Press 2016 . 2016 . 978-1107070158.
- Book: R. Keith Sawyer . The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences (Second Edition) . Cambridge University Press 2014 . 2014 .
- Book: R. Keith Sawyer . Zig Zag: The Surprising Path to Greater Creativity . Wiley 2013 . 2013 . 978-1-118-29770-4 .
- Book: R. Keith Sawyer . Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation (Second Edition) . Oxford University Press . 2012 .
- Book: R. Keith Sawyer . Structure and Improvisation in Creative Teaching . Oxford University Press . 2011 . 978-0521746328 .
- Book: R. Keith Sawyer . Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration (First Edition) . Basic Books . 2007 .
- Book: R. Keith Sawyer . The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences (First Edition) . Cambridge University Press . 2006 .
- Book: R. Keith Sawyer . Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation (First Edition) . Oxford University Press . 2006 .
- Book: R. Keith Sawyer . Social Emergence: Societies as Complex Systems . Cambridge University Press . 2005 . 978-0521606370 .
- Book: R. Keith Sawyer . Creativity and Development . Oxford University Press . 2003 .
- Book: R. Keith Sawyer . Group Creativity: Music, Theater, Collaboration . Erlbaum . 2003 .
- Book: R. Keith Sawyer . Improvised Dialogues: Emergence and Creativity in Conversation . Ablex . 2003 .
- Book: R. Keith Sawyer . Creating Conversations: Improvisation in Everyday Discourse . Hampton Press . 2001 .
- Book: R. Keith Sawyer . Creativity in Performance . Ablex . 1997 .
- Book: R. Keith Sawyer . Pretend Play as Improvisation: Conversation in the Preschool Classroom . Erlbaum . 1997 .
Selected publications
- Sawyer, R. Keith . 2021 . The dialogue of creativity: Teaching the creative process by animating student work as a collaborating creative agent. . . 459-487 . 40 . 4 . 10.1080/07370008.2021.1958219.
- Sawyer, R. Keith . 2021 . Teaching creative thinking: How design professors externalize their creative thinking in studio classroom talk. . . 21-42 . 29 . 1 . 10.1080/10749039.2021.1893337.
- Sawyer, R. Keith . 2018 . Teaching and learning how to create in schools of art and design. . . 137-181 . 27 . 1 . 10.1080/10508406.2017.1381963.
- Sawyer, R. Keith . 2016 . How artists create: An empirical study of MFA painting students. . . 127-141 . 52 . 2 .
- Sawyer, R. Keith . 2003 . Artificial societies multiagent systems and the micro-macro link in sociological theory. . . 325–363 . 31 . 3 . 10.1177/0049124102239079. 15490470 .
- Sawyer, R. Keith . 2006 . Group creativity: Musical performance and collaboration. . Psychology of Music . 148–165 . 34 . 2 . 10.1177/0305735606061850. 145105412 .
- Sawyer, R. Keith . 2011 . The cognitive neuroscience of creativity: A critical review. . . 137-154 . 23 . 2 .
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: The Creative Power Of Memory . R. Keith . Sawyer . March 21, 2013. Huffington Post.
- Web site: The Three Types Of Relationship Every Creative Person Needs. September 14, 2016.
- Web site: Brainstorming Doesn't Work – Do This Instead. Rochelle. Bailis. .
- Web site: Creativity Myths – Interviews with Innovation Experts and Authors.
- Web site: Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration . R. Keith . Sawyer . 2017. Basic Books.
- Web site: Zig Zag: The Surprising Path to Greater Creativity . R. Keith . Sawyer . 2013. Wiley.
- Web site: Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation . R. Keith . Sawyer . 2024. Huffington Post.
