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领域的创造性思维能力。然而，关于创造力的许多问题仍然没有得到解决。例如，我们对创造力如何发展、大脑如何产生创造力以及什么样的教育经历可以使学生随着时间的推移更具创造力知之甚少。事实上，甚至确定如何准确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由学者和教育工作者组成的包容性社区，旨在了解并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）建立一个可持续的信息平台，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计划对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，本次会议将简化和催化创造力神经科学的进展。具体的科学优先事项确定为创造力的神经科学的生产性发展的关键，包括测量工具的开发和通过教育经验的创造力的培养。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进行有意义的对话，会议的目标是100-200名与会者。此外，会议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活动。国家妇女基金的一个主要目标是让妇女和代表性不足的少数群体成员参与。这一目标体现在设立旅费基金，支持代表性不足的少数群体学生和服务不足的少数群体学生的教师参加。为了进一步扩大会议的广泛影响，包括教师、行政人员和专注于STEM和音乐教育的项目开发者在内的当地社区合作伙伴的参与也是一个优先事项。该奖项反映了NSF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.