Ponteggiare il processo creativo: educazione e creatività

Creativity is today a topic of interest not only scientifically, but also, above all, economi- cally: as has recently been observed, the world’s production of wealth is increasingly linked to the ability to have new ideas. This article intends to deepen a path of knowledge of the characteristics of creativity that have been identified in recent decades especially in the psychological field and then propose a specifically sociological-relational perspective of this very precious potential. In this framework, the point of arrival of the survey will be a reflection on the social dynamics involved in the processes of development or impediment of the creative potential of the subject and the group, arriving at identifying future research needs in the specific field of the educational relationship to creativity.