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Direct linkMisluk-Gervase, Eileen – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2021
Art therapy can be particularly successful in addressing the specific needs of individuals struggling with anorexia nervosa (AN) through the use of the creative process. This article provides an understanding of the effect of malnourishment on the brain for individuals with AN and discusses how their unique needs can be met through the application…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Eating Disorders, Creativity, Brain
Download full textDreyfuss, Simeon – Issues in Integrative Studies, 2011
The integrative thinking essential to interdisciplinary inquiry requires not only critical reflection concerning the points of convergence and dissonance between disciplinary insights, but also something more personal and less predictable that this paper describes as "holding in relationship difference ways of knowing." Using the process…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Creative Thinking, Reflection, Learning Processes
Harris, Alma – Management in Education, 2009
One of the essential ingredients of high-performing individuals, teams and organisations is creativity. To be creative means releasing talent and imagination. It also means the ability to take risks and, in some cases, necessitates standing outside the usual or accepted frames of reference. Creative people push the boundaries; they seek new ways…
Descriptors: Creativity, Figurative Language, Leadership Qualities, Leadership
Ngara, Constantine – Exceptionality Education International, 2009
The paper presents the author's views on inspiring creative thinking among students through a folktale. The mbira metaphor is this author's interpretation of a unique African (Shona) folktale that has the potential to enrich the pedagogy of giftedness. The mbira metaphor is an informative and thought-provoking folktale originating from previous…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Creative Thinking, Folk Culture, African Culture
Calvert, Kristina – Theory and Research in Education, 2007
In his influential book "Dialogues with Children" (1984), Gareth Matthews presents strong evidence that children as young as six can and should engage in philosophical discourse. His findings form the basis of this article, a theoretical and practical guide for parents and teachers seeking respectful and creative ways to encourage…
Descriptors: Parent Student Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship, Young Children, Figurative Language
Dykstra, Jeanne; Dykstra, Frank E. – 1997
Synectics is the use of thinking in metaphors, or figurative language in general, to see the familiar in unfamiliar ways or the unfamiliar in familiar ways. W.J.J. Gordon and his Cambridge Synectics Group isolated ways to think metaphorically by using artistic problem-solving mechanisms most people possess in their experiential background. This…
Descriptors: Analogy, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing
