Apart from the official or academic "culture," there is also the popular culture to pass on, which is based on oral traditions, practical creativity, and daily life activities. These three aspects of popular culture are mutually reinforcing, demanding the same kinds of competence and using similar modes of transmission and communication. (MSE)

Presents a sample study assignment given in a first year mechanics course that allows students to work in a simplified design mode. The assignment exposes them to an "open-ended" problem requiring a combination of creativity, analytical skills, and group interaction. (BC)

Among the research results on the perceptions of 207 intermediate grade students was the indication that, while problem-solving performance related only to intelligence and math achievement scores, ideational fluency related significantly to student perceptions of emphasis on higher level thinking skills in the classroom and positive classroom…

Sigmund Freud's attitudes about writing biographies of authors, and the influence of Freud's work on the interpretations of creativity, are discussed in relation to biographies of and by a number of writers. It is proposed that Freud's contributions, used carefully, have served to enlighten biography. (MSE)

This book explores how young children learn to draw and draw to learn, at home and school. It provides support for practitioners in developing a pedagogy of drawing in Art and Design and across the curriculum and provide advice for parents about how to make sense of their children's drawings. This book is enlivened with the real drawings of seven…

Over the course of half of the last century, psychologists have had a particular focus on creativity abilities training. Developing educational programs that help to enhance students' creativity is among the most important goals of our educational system. The present study was undertaken to explore: (1) the university student's creativity ability;…

This book begins with the introductory chapter, "Don't Think; Just Get on with Your Work," in which the author argues that children are thinkers, but that there are schooling barriers to engaging this thinking. Chapter 1, A Place to Think, considers these barriers in more detail and provides some ideas about how children learn in schools and what…

Each spring, the Friends of the Library of the University of Waterloo Library invite the campus community to join in an event celebrating the creative process. The event reflects the day-to-day work of the library staff: bringing together information from a diverse range of disciplines for the purpose of creating new knowledge. This book includes…

This book begins with a close examination of the roots of poetic craft and concludes by exploring the writer's role in creating a sense of community that is open, inclusive, and able to bind the individual and the whole in a way that allows each full self-expression. In between, the book illuminates the nature of originality, translation, the…

This paper presents the position of the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) regarding children's right to creative thought and expression. The position statement begins with a comparison of creativity in children and in adults, asserting that children have the right to creative development and that opportunities for creative…

Disciplines such as multimedia, 3-D animation, and video depend on a merging of creativity and technology, and students' classroom and job market success in these fields also depends on their ability to synthesize artistic and technological expertise. Today's students are well-versed in computer use, and often this facility causes them to be…

Relates the processes involved in Story Workshop from both the student's and the director's point of view. (TO)

Presents eight readers' letters and one editor's reply in which discussions are related to effects of zero-population growth on scientific creativity, employment crisis of industrial physicists, efficiency of ionic pumps, and the naming system of laws and effects in physics. (CC)

This study was undertaken by the investigator with the belief that there is, at the present, an urgent need for a course in creativity for pre-service and in-service teachers. (Author/RK)

Presents research results, teaching models, and instructional materials aimed at developing creativity in students. (RB)