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Soriano de Alencar, Eunice M. L. – Gifted Education International, 1993
This article explores the conditions necessary to facilitate the growth of creativity. These conditions include cultivation of such personality traits as independence, self-confidence, initiative, flexibility, courage to express divergent ideas, and persistence; encouragement of reception to new ideas; and use of classroom exercises to produce new…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Kemple, Martin T. – Progressive Perspectives, 2000
Nonlinear imagination-based thinking draws on intuition to allow insight into the unseen realms that govern everyday life. Largely abandoned by Western education in favor of materialist rationalism, this faculty is being promoted by a sustainability center in Montpelier (Vermont) that demonstrates methods of harmonizing thinking, learning, and…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Educational Needs, Elementary Education, Holistic Approach
Kollen, Patsy Phillips – 1984
How to deal with the absence of creativity and critical thinking in the educational setting is discussed. All efforts to improve education will be futile if we don't take into account the absence of relationship among the participants and between the participants and the content of education. Relationship--i.e., connecting with others and with…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creative Expression, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Academic Talent, 1985
Three issues (1984-85) of the newsletter address issues related to gifted and talented education. Articles include a review of counseling aspects, a summary of a meta-analysis of educational acceleration, a report of a summer program for gifted and talented students by a participant, discussions of master teacher qualities, an examination of the…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Creative Development, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Thompson, Mark E. – 1982
The concept of creativity has many attributes and is a significant factor in our lives. Creative persons are observant, express part-truths, see things as others do not, are independent in cognitive faculties, are motivated by their talent and values, can hold many ideas at once, have greater sex drive, see a complex world, and have strong egos.…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Creative Development, Creative Expression, Creative Thinking
Wallace, R. Duncan – 1979
Underlying mental processes are common to all people in spite of individual differences in capability, intelligence, attitude, and motivation. When these processes are combined to form a single, observable entity, they can be interpreted as a universal action pattern of the mind. Educators, psychotherapists, and other individuals interested in…
Descriptors: Achievement, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes
