" Let us endeavor to imbue our schools, classrooms, and daily lives with creativity, imagination and transformative thought"
Dr. Beghetto is an Associate Professor of Educational Studies at the University of Oregon. He earned his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Indiana University (with an emphasis in Learning, Cognition and Instruction and Organizational Behavior).
His scholarship focuses on creativity in K12 schools and the influence of past schooling experience on K12 teacher development. He teaches (undergraduate and graduate) courses aimed at taking a critical look at the schooling experience of students and developing more adaptive approaches to teaching, learning, and assessment.
His research appears in a wide variety of scholarly journals and edited volumes. He is the 2008 recipient of Daniel E. Berlyne Award from Division 10 of the American Psychological Association – Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts – for outstanding research by a junior scholar.
Dr. Beghetto has received awards of excellence for his teaching from the University of Wyoming , Indiana University , and the University of Oregon . In Spring 2006 he received the University of Oregon 's highest teaching award for Junior faculty (Ersted Crystal Apple Award).
Dr. Beghetto can be reached via Email:
beghetto@uoregon.edu
