Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development presents:
Creativity and Motivation: A Cross-disciplinary Mini Conference
October 2nd, 2025
Motivational Beliefs about Creativity: Starting with the Teacher’s Thoughts
Speakers: Michael Barger & Andrea Wikle
University of Georgia
Mary Frances Early College of Education
Talk Summary: Teachers are thought to play a central role in students’ motivation and creativity. But how do teachers think about creativity? Together, the two speakers have sought to understand how teachers’ own beliefs about creativity color their practices.
Biographies: Michael Barger is an associate professor of educational psychology at the University of Georgia. He studies how children’s beliefs about learning develop, with particular interest in what teachers and parents can do to support children in developing adaptive views of their education. Andrea Wikle is an educational psychology researcher at UGA focusing on
creativity, motivation, and learning processes in children and adolescents.
Music Credit
Can’t Stop Chasing You
Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
uppbeat.io/t/ben-johnson/cant-stop-chasing-you
License code: FT1GRNJRXN9SVGE6
The University of Georgia
The Mary Frances Early College of Education
copyright © 2026
The Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development presents:
Creativity and Motivation: A Cross-disciplinary Mini Conference
October 2nd, 2025
Motivational Beliefs about Creativity: Starting with the Teacher’s Thoughts
Speakers: Michael Barger & Andrea Wikle
University of Georgia
Mary Frances Early College of Education
Talk Summary: Teachers are thought to play a central role in students’ motivation and creativity. But how do teachers think about creativity? Together, the two speakers have sought to understand how teachers’ own beliefs about creativity color their practices.
Biographies: Michael Barger is an associate professor of educational psychology at the University of Georgia. He studies how children’s beliefs about learning develop, with particular interest in what teachers and parents can do to support children in developing adaptive views of their education. Andrea Wikle is an educational psychology researcher at UGA focusing on
creativity, motivation, and learning processes in children and adolescents.
Music Credit
Can’t Stop Chasing You
Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
uppbeat.io/t/ben-johnson/cant-stop-chasing-you
License code: FT1GRNJRXN9SVGE6
The University of Georgia
The Mary Frances Early College of Education
copyright © 2026
