Creativity in Science and Science Education: A Response to Ghassib

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Lynn D. Newton

Lynn Newton is Professor of Primary Education in the School of Education at Durham University, England. She is a science specialist and lectures on and researches into aspects of science, science education and pedagogy, particularly in the areas of teaching for understanding and communication. She has published over 100 papers and over a dozen books, including Co-ordinating Science Across the Primary School (Falmer, 1998), Meeting the Standards in …Primary Science (Routledge-Falmer, 2000) and Professional Studies in the Primary School: Thinking Beyond the Standards (David Fulton, 2005). She is currently preparing a book for Routledge on Creativity Across the Primary Curriculum. Prior to joining Durham University she worked as a teacher in primary schools in the North of England, as an Advisory Teacher for Science, and as a lecturer for ten years at Newcastle University.