1 Challenges to Further Creativity in Mathematics Learning 1

What does creativity mean in the process of teaching and learning mathematics? How can we develop or stimulate creative thinking in the mathematics classroom? Can we reach all stu-dents or only gifted students? Is mathematical creativity something which can be taught? What can teachers do to foster creativity? Analyzing the mental processes of creative students we discover two types of mental activities or behavior, a logical and conscious mode of action as well as an intuitive and mainly uncon-scious kind of behavior. How to further both? The paper will reflect a diversity of aspects and include a bit of an overview of the papers presented in these Proceedings