Drawing on Dewey's pragmatic perspective on talent cultivation and previous research on promoting employee creativity in industry, this study investigates student creativity performance in relation to teacher's encouragement, intrinsic motivation, and creative process engagement. Based on survey data collected from 140 vocational high school…

To test Howard Gardner's depiction of a stark contrast between Western and Eastern views and approaches to creative development, a study examined the attitudes of Singapore teachers steeped in Chinese culture (n=58) with those in the Western tradition (n=49). More of the Eastern group favored nonintervention, contrary to Gardner's proposition. (CR)