창의성 교육의 강조와 함께 창의성의 개념과 측정은 중요성을 더하고 있다. 이러한 시대적 필요성을 위하여 본 연구는 교육환경과 사회창의성 및 교육적용에 대해 탐색하고자 한다. 사회창의성에 대한 연구접근은 매우 다양하고 각 연구마다 각기 다른 용어를 사용하고 있으며, 교육환경범주와 사회창의성이 어떠한 관련이 있는지를 논의하였다. 또한 사회창의성과 관련된 다양한 연구 흐름을 조망하고, 측정방법에 대해 살펴보고 교육적인 과제를 제시하였다. 또한 사회창의성 연구의 저변 확대와, 이를 통하여 창의성교육의 변화가 있을 것으로 예측하였다.
Clearly it is an important issue for all in any organisation or institution who rely upon creative and innovative thinking especially at a time of massive change. So the concept & measurement of creativity has gained importance in recent years. This research aims at understanding social creativity and the possibilities of alternative research methods. It is clear that the phenomenon of creativity is extremely complex but the creativity measurements focus on individuals. However recent research has begun to downgrade the importance of individual creativity. The latest studies suggest that creative ideas are more often generated in active social creativity than by individuals creativity. Social creativity is a complex, multifaceted concept. In this paper, social creativity were divided into four educational environments, and then, argue about relationship between them. The new insights provided by social creativity are driving creativity theory to broaden the scope and levels of its research. Through this change, creative education will be shifted.