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Runco, Mark A. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2016
The articles in this issue of "New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development" nicely summarize recent findings about creativity and development. This commentary underscores some of the key ideas and puts them into a larger context (i.e., the corpus of creativity research). It pinpoints areas of agreement (e.g., the need to take…
Descriptors: Creativity, Child Development, Adolescent Development, Creative Development
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Sweeney, Chad – Teaching Artist Journal, 2007
In this article, the author focuses on the development of a young poet from Bulgaria, Indiana Pehlivanova, who experienced an explosive growth as a poet. Activating memory, myth, and reality, Pehlivanova's imagination wove together what the author terms as "the finest lines I have ever witnessed in youth poetry."
Descriptors: Poets, Memory, Foreign Countries, Poetry
Gruber, Howard E. – Creativity Research Journal, 1988
This paper describes an evolving systems approach for use in exploring aspects of creativity, including: measurement of creativity; uniqueness; processes which amplify deviation; novelty and progress; chance and purpose; networks of enterprise; self-concept; difficulty, duration, and purpose; sudden insight; and sequential stage theories. (JDD)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Individual Development, Systems Approach
Albert, Robert S.; And Others – Creativity Research Journal, 1988
Several commentaries on Howard Gruber's paper, "The Evolving Systems Approach to Creative Work," are offered: "How High Should One Climb to Find Common Ground?" (Robert Albert); "Where is the Evolving Milieu?" (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi); "Creativity: The Individual, The Systems, The Approach" (Todd Lubart and Robert Sternberg); and "Quality and…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Individual Development, Systems Approach
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Pond, Donald – Music Educators Journal, 1980
Described is the Pillsbury Foundation School, designed to discover how creative music activity was provoked and generated in children, ages three to six, and how natural musicality could be developed in these young children. The author warns against repressing the deeply rooted natural musicality that young children inherit. (KC)
Descriptors: Ability, Creative Development, Creative Expression, Learning Theories
Ehlert, Lois – Riverbank Review, 1999
Describes some of the methods a children's book illustrator has used to create a book using ordinary objects combined to form a type of collage. Discusses the importance of children having a place of their own to use materials and be creative and pays tribute to her parents' influence. (LRW)
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Childrens Literature, Collage, Creative Development
Gass, Michael – 1982
Points on teaching students to be creative, practical techniques used to help creativity flourish, and the role of creativity in learning in the outdoor classroom are explored. Suggestions for encouraging creativity in the outdoors to occur are: to make use of the ample assortment of ways the outdoor environment can stimulate each student; to…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
Kesselman, Martin – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1994
Describes tools and techniques that can be used to increase creativity in libraries. Highlights include idea files; brainstorming, in groups or as individuals; mind mapping; checklists; idea processing software; new age techniques such as brain integration and flotation tanks; and an annotated bibliography of six books on idea techniques. (LRW)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Check Lists, Computer Software, Creative Activities
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Holt, G. Richard; Chang, Hui-Ching – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1992
This essay describes the use of I Ching hexagrams as a focus to improve the ability of college student groups to evolve creative solutions and improve decision-making skills. The philosophy of I Ching is briefly explained, and examples are given of hexagram interpretations which are applicable to group discussion and problem solving. (DB)
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Creative Activities, Creative Development, Creativity
Kruise, Carol Sue – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1987
This discussion of the need for learning activities which promote critical thinking skills, creativity, and affective growth in children uses Bloom's Taxonomy as a guide for designing such activities based on children's literature. Several examples of projects based on specific children's books are provided. (CLB)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Creative Development, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Enrichment
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Sardello, Robert J. – Teachers College Record, 1982
We have not learned to experience beauty as an essential, pervasive dimension of our actions. Aesthetic sensibility represents the child in us imbued with spontaneity, imagination, and unity of soul and action. This sensibility makes it possible to reevaluate the world in terms of metaphor, image, fantasy, and dreams. (PP)
Descriptors: Adults, Aesthetic Education, Aesthetic Values, Attitudes
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Rickards, Tudor – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1993
This article considers the nature of creativity in industrial and business settings, describes the Manchester (England) Business School Creativity Unit, models creativity in systems terms, reviews action research of the 1970s, and identifies recent areas of research at Manchester including creativity blocks and the impact of creativity training in…
Descriptors: Action Research, Business, Business Administration Education, Creative Development
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
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Sewell, Alison M.; Fuller, Sue; Murphy, Rosemary C.; Funnell, Barbara H. – Social Studies, 2002
When Creative Problem Solving (CPS) was introduced into social studies programs, the students' participation in the classrooms began to change. They began to assume leadership roles and take on a sense of responsibility; they asked questions and worked cooperatively to decide on social action. In this article, the authors argue that CPS has the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 2, Problem Solving, Social Studies
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
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