This guide to creative movement, relevant to all age groups, opens with a discussion of historical and present trends in movement and dance. Chapters treat (a) the body--body awareness, body activities, and relationships; (b) principles of movement--space, force, time, dynamics, and fluency; (c) topics within the sphere of movement, from the world…

THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS CONDUCTED BY ANY SCHOOL SYSTEM INVOLVES MUCH MORE THAN THE PRESENTATION OF FACTS TO BE LEARNED OR THE DISCIPLINING OF UNDESIRABLE BEHAVIOR. THE TEACHER SHOULD INSPIRE THE PUPIL TO WANT TO LEARN AND TO UNDERSTAND AND SHOULD SEEK THE PROGRAM OR CURRICULUM MOST CONDUCIVE TO REALIZING THE FULL POTENTIAL OF THE PUPIL'S…

Describes the nature of the creative act and discusses creativity as the foundation of learning. Also examines the qualities of creative teachers and environments. (Author/CM)

This nationwide study was concerned with the relation of personality traits, classroom behavior, and student-teacher relationships to creativity in college teaching. Creative teachers were identified by Ph.D. students who had studied under the teachers and who nominated them as having had the most facilitating effect on their creative development,…

Through a supporting environment in which art is an integral part of the total curriculum, an art teacher develops child creativity. (Author/RK)

A paper given at a conference of art educators stressing the importance of a special way of living and behaving which emphasizes explorative inquiry, inventive "making" or creation, and dialogue or openness to experience. (SF)

Examines the objectives of a 16-week course on how a professor can determine the degree to which traits of creativity have been developed in students. Also tests for creative thinking are evaluated. (Author/RK)

Argues that in order to revitalize foreign language learning, language teachers must make every classroom a place where students can mold their personal tastes or apply the language to their own background and interests. Argues that language learning has a humanistic value in and of itself. (SED)

This discussion of creativity in its educational context first considers the role of the creative product, process, personality, and environment. A proposal for teaching student teachers to teach more creatively is offered. The approach stresses development of originality, fluency, abstraction, elaboration, and openness. (DB)

This article reports findings from an ethnographic study of the arts curriculum and pedagogy in a British primary school. The policy context for the study is the school's involvement in promoting creative partnerships between teachers and artists. The pedagogies of three different artist-led projects are analysed, using a Bernsteinian framework,…

Briefly summarized in this literature review are definitions of curriculum, creativity, the creative process, the creative teacher, creative teaching, and creative adults and children. The curriculum as it relates to creativity and pertinent research on curriculum structure are also described. Lists of 9 obstacles to creativity and 12 aids to…