Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity Conference and Workshop

STEM中的创造力是基本能力和创新进步之间的区别。为了促进持续的创新，我们必须开发新的方法来培养学生在STEM领域的创造性思维技能。然而，关于创造力的许多问题仍未得到解决。例如，我们对创造力是如何发展的，大脑是如何产生创造力的，以及什么样的教育经历能让学生随着时间的推移更有创造力，都知之甚少。事实上，甚至确定如何准确地衡量创造力也是一个争论的来源。最近成立的创造力神经科学学会（SfNC）的这次会议建立了一个学者和教育工作者的包容性社区，寻求理解和积极利用支持创造性思维，教学和学习的神经机制。其具体目标是1)建立一个双向信息平台，使研究人员了解教育工作者的优先事项，并使教育工作者了解创造力研究的相关进展；2)为创造力研究制定路线图。该项目体现了教育和人力资源核心研究项目对STEM学习基础研究的承诺，该研究结合了来自广泛学科和背景的理论、技术和观点。通过支持具有相关兴趣的研究人员之间的合作和互惠学习，本次会议将简化和促进创造力神经科学的进展。具体的科学优先事项被确定为创造性神经科学的生产性发展的关键，包括测量工具的发展和通过教育经验培养创造力。本次会议还将突出推进这些优先事项的工作，并将积极鼓励在这些优先事项上开展合作。为了促进研究人员和教育工作者之间有意义的对话，会议的目标是100-200名与会者。此外，该会议被安排在更大的认知神经科学学会年会之前，以便该会议的与会者可以作为会前体验参加该活动。SfNC的一个主要目标是妇女和代表性不足的少数群体成员的参与。这一目标体现在设立旅行基金，支持代表性不足的少数民族学生和服务不足的少数民族学生的教师参与。为了进一步增加会议的广泛影响，当地社区合作伙伴（包括教师、管理人员和专注于STEM和音乐教育的项目开发人员）的参与也是一个优先事项。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Creativity in STEM is the difference between basic competency and innovative advancement. To foster continued innovation, it is essential that we develop new methods to foster students' creative thinking skills in STEM. However, many issues regarding creativity remain unresolved. For example, we know little about how creativity develops, how the brain gives rise to creativity, and what sorts of educational experiences can make a student more creative over time. Indeed, even determining how to accurately measure creativity is a source of debate. This conference of the recently founded Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity (SfNC) establishes an inclusive community of scholars and educators seeking to understand and actively leverage the neural mechanisms that support creative thinking, teaching, and learning. Its specific goals are to 1) establish a reciprocally informative platform to keep researchers updated on the priorities of educators, and keep educators updated on relevant advances in creativity research, and 2) lay out a roadmap for creativity research. This project exemplifies the Education and Human Resources Core Research program's commitment to fundamental research on learning in STEM that combines theory, techniques, and perspectives from a wide range of disciplines and contexts. By supporting collaboration and reciprocal learning between researchers with related interests, this meeting will streamline and catalyze progress in the neuroscience of creativity. Specific scientific priorities identified as critical for the productive development of the neuroscience of creativity include the development of measurement tools and the fostering of creativity through educational experiences. This meeting will also highlight work that advances these priorities and will actively encourage collaboration on these priorities. To foster a meaningful dialogue among researchers and educators, the meeting is targeted at an accessible size of 100-200 attendees. Further, the meeting is scheduled to immediately precede the larger Cognitive Neuroscience Society annual meeting so that attendees of that meeting can participate in the event as a preconference experience. A major goal of the SfNC is the involvement of women and members of underrepresented minority groups. This goal is reflected in the establishment of travel funds that support the participation of underrepresented minority students and teachers of underserved minority students. To further increase the meeting's broader impacts, the participation of local community partners including teachers, administrators, and program developers focused on STEM and music education is also a priority.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.