This article explores the extent to which aspiring entrants to the performing arts industry have to develop both the forms of "vocational practice" employers require and "social capital" to enable them to operate effectively in external labour markets (i.e. contract-based and networked-generated work). It focuses on the work of…

This study explored relationships between time spent playing video games in a typical week and general creativity, as measured by a common assessment. One hundred eighteen students in 4th and 5th grades answered questions about their video game play and completed the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (Torrance, Orlow, & Safter, 1990). While…

In the present study we used bayesian latent growth modeling to asses the impact of a one-semester creativity course on the development of engineering students' creativity scripts. We compared a treatment (N = 52) and a control (N = 42) group with respect to individual differences in initial status and in rate of change. Results revealed that the…

The authors' recent theoretical work has focused on developing the construct of mini-c creativity and illustrating how all levels of creative performance follow a trajectory that starts with novel and personally meaningful interpretations (mini-c), which can then progress to intrapersonally judged novel and meaningful contributions (little-c) and…

An analysis of the creative episode and experience through time, drawing on the various views of psychologists, philosophers, artists and writers. (EH)

Ten games and exercises designed to help handicapped children express feelings, develop trust and cooperation, and increase their body awareness and imagination are presented. Activities are explained to have been field tested in special education classes of Project PASE (Programs in the Arts for Special Education). Following a brief introduction…

University women involved in individual training activities designed to increase creative perception did not score significantly higher than controls on pre-post measures of the Something About Myself inventory. Findings suggest the need for university women to be encouraged to become more resourceful, versatile, and willing to take risks. (CL)

The article suggests that creativity is the interaction of external and internal input, resulting in a unique, purposive, and communicable product. Facilitation of creativity is considered. (CL)

Freudian and Jungian theories are considered in terms of poetry, and suggestions are made for teaching the basics of poetry to adults for creative development. Focusing and free association activities are discussed. (CL)

The article examines the concept of creativity from a philosophical point of view and discusses how to teach creativity through humor and metaphor. (Author/DLS)

Creativity has become a buzzword in UK culture in the twenty-first century and is in increasing demand across many spheres. In education, its usage is often generic and has become ever more widespread as it has found its way into a plethora of government documentation pertaining to primary schools over the last decade. However, with a continued…

Fifty young adults (and one 82-year-old) identified as creative by graduate students were interviewed. Content analysis was performed on information from the interviews, which usually addressed 10 questions on the individual's perceptions of creativity, interests, definition of creativity, creative processes, facilitating conditions, and obstacles…

The paper examines variables involved in creativity and suggests ways in which gifted adolescents may be helped to isolate conditions under which they get their best ideas. Among variables considered are the hypnagogic state (physical and mental condition just before sleep), the hynopompic state (physiological and mental condition upon awakening),…

Research is reviewed and difficulties are cited regarding the creative possibilities of developmental differences in early adolescence. Teachers' attitudes toward aloneness, inactivity, daydreaming, free thinking, gullibility, and emotional conflicts are considered. (CL)

Discusses the goals of creativity training and provides a number of introductory exercises to develop student potential. (SK)