Creativity: Revealing the Truth about Human Nature brings college students in touch with their true selves so they can pursue courses and careers that are right

BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA, USA, August 25, 2015 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Higher education that should be revitalizing a problem-ridden world and spearheading a global renaissance is, itself, in dire crisis, and an embarrassment to very many countries. Around the world, countless millions of young people cannot afford post-secondary education. The vast majority of those that are in college or university are receiving instructional materials and co-curricular experiences that do not necessarily enhance their most valuable quality as humans, or their true calling in life. Creativity: Revealing the Truth about Human Nature brings college and university students, emerging adults, to their innermost beings - their unique capabilities, interests, values, passions, and motivations - so they can use that understanding to select courses and/or pursue careers that are right for them.

The near-consensus is that modern-day higher education is seriously broken, and needs to be fixed or transformed. However, different countries perceive the crises differently, including, for example:

• Unaffordability, inaccessibility, and/or non-availability due to economic, political, or socio-cultural factors.
• Not enough academic rigor - specifically, not enough science, technology, engineering, mathematics, humanities, and the classics.
• Mismatch between what students learn and what employers of labor need.
• Boredom, student disengagement, dropout.
• Proliferation of digital learning, online courses, and delivery technology.

Ironically, conversations regarding higher education crisis consistently overlook the central crisis and the most serious problem of all: How to educate young people for meaning and life purpose – for self-discovery, the unfolding of human potential, and right career choice. Rhetorically speaking: Are colleges and universities, perhaps inadvertently, not overlooking the fundamental purpose of higher education – enabling students to recognize their unique abilities and, then, providing them with instruction, experiences, and resources, including accumulated knowledge, to develop and eventually engage those abilities in things they perceive as important and beneficial to themselves, their prospective employers, and the larger society?

"A lifetime treasury of wit and practical wisdom for self-discovery and personal development," as the author describes it, Creativity: Revealing the Truth about Human Nature provides higher education stakeholders with the insights they need to successfully maximize the deep-level transformations that are beginning to occur in tertiary education, among them:

• Changing perception of college and university students as emerging adults, eager to figure out who they are and what they want to do with their lives; not merely as future workforce to be trained and groomed for the labor market.

• Growing recognition of college and university as the single best opportunity for young people to discover themselves: their unique brilliance, interests, and values.

• Increasing significance of non-academic goals, including “self-discovery”; “life purpose”; and “life-long contribution to a global society.” As Forbes observes:

"Learning about yourself is perhaps the single most important outcome of a powerful educational experience. ... Education should be a powerful process of increasing self-awareness, of coming to know yourself and of learning the intrinsic value of who you are as a human being."

• Growing awareness that the best learning outcomes occur when students are able to integrate the knowledge they acquire into their personal values, goals, interests, and motivations.

• Growing awareness that facilitating students’ self-discovery simultaneously enhances other education outcomes, including academic performance, leadership development, and psychological well-being.

The crux of the book and stated reason for its writing is answer to those persistent life questions every emerging adult, every college and university student, inevitably encounters at this stage of his or her development:

• Who am I as a person?
• What are my special abilities?
• What do I desire most in my life?
• What brings me the greatest joy when I do it?
• What do I particularly like to contribute to society and the world?

Word that speak to the student personally, deeply, and directly make Creativity: Revealing the Truth about Human Nature essential personal companion in the tortuous journey of self-discovery, personal development, and career choice.

University faculty will be significantly informed by the fundamentally new and authentic image of students that is uncovered in Creativity: Revealing the Truth about Human Nature – a perception which is key to effective and successful teaching.

For college and university administrators and trustees, Creativity: Revealing the Truth about Human Nature makes a powerful argument for revamping policies and positioning their institutions to fulfill their fundamental mission as the single best opportunity for young people to discover themselves.

The general public will be challenged and encouraged to see young people and institutions of higher education in fresh new ways: as new beginnings and life missions in need of development and fulfillment - not merely as future workforce and facilities for its training.

In the final analysis, Creativity: Revealing the Truth about Human Nature presents the key to achieving the fundamental purpose of higher education: self-discovery personal development, and right career choice.

Published and publicly-accessible reviews describe Creativity: Revealing the Truth about Human Nature variously as:
• “a truly phenomenal and path-breaking book” -Walter
• “defines the path to creating a global positive future for generations to come” -Cheryl
• “engaging and thought provoking” -John
• “may well help readers to begin the important journey: of ‘Know Thyself’” -Simon
• “a compelling read … timeless and useful … has a universal appeal … makes us ponder the purpose of our existence” -Mamta
• “throws light on our innermost nature and helps those who are seeking to reach their full potential and give the world their best” -Maria
• “an excellent read … masterfully illustrates how imagination and creativity drive human evolution and how we can use these as tools to create a better future” -Chan
• “outstanding book” -Nate
• “one of the best books I have read!!!” -Sara

The E-Book version of Creativity: Revealing the Truth about Human Nature, ISBN 9781622875160, published by First Edition Design Publishing, is available online across e-book reading platforms.

The 428-page print version of Creativity: Revealing the Truth about Human Nature, ISBN 9781622875153, is published by First Edition Design Publishing and distributed worldwide to online booksellers at:
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Efiong Etuk, Ph.D.
Global Creativity Network
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