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Grossman, Stephen R. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1994
This article proposes that transcendence, the mystical nature of creativity, is not only sequential but a subset of the evolutionary process. Deliberate application of the principles of Darwin's theory is seen as speeding and improving the creative process for both individuals and groups. The importance to creative thinking of randomness processed…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Fernandez-Cardenas, Juan Manuel – Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2008
This paper looks at the collaborative construction of web pages in History by a Year-4 group of children in a primary school in the UK. The aim of this paper is to find out: (a) How did children interpret their involvement in this literacy practice? (b) How the construction of web pages was interactionally accomplished? and (c) How can creativity…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Teaching Methods, Design, History Instruction
Peterson, Eila M. – Arts Education Policy Review, 2006
Music education is not just about learning to perform with voices and instruments; it is about guiding students toward understanding music, what it is, how it works, and what it does to and for human beings. One of the goals often expressed for music education is the nurturing of students' creativity, and opportunities for students to express…
Descriptors: Music Education, Listening, Creativity, Educational Research
Banaji, Shakuntala; Burn, Andrew – Literacy, 2007
This article, which is speculative in outlook and emerges from an extended literature review on this subject, takes as its basic premise the notion that the idea of "creativity"--whether in relation to literacy, schooling or the economy, is constructed as a series of rhetorical claims. These rhetorics of creativity emerge from the contexts of…
Descriptors: Democracy, Creativity, Media Literacy, Literature Reviews
Hubball, Harry; Gold, Neil; Mighty, Joy; Britnell, Judy – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2007
This article provides an overview of one Canadian provincially initiated curriculum reform effort in which several generic learning outcomes were established. It also presents a flexible, practical, and integrated framework for the development, implementation, and evaluation of program-level learning outcomes in undergraduate curricula contexts.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Undergraduate Study, Formative Evaluation, Intellectual Development
Dart, Peter – 1989
Creativity theory supports the conclusion that when a person recognizes the isomorphism in an analogic construct, that insight is the essentially creative act. Infraconscious mentation is more likely to produce insightful analogies than is rigorous, willful, consciously rational mentation, because infraconscious mentation, operating in the mode of…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Creativity Research
Marra, James L. – 1989
One of the major problems in advertising courses is that students are expected to generate original, exciting advertising ideas, but often are not taught how to go about the process. Idea generation techniques can help students generate quantities of creative ideas more quickly and fluently. By looking at ads and recreating the workings of the…
Descriptors: Advertising, Class Activities, Creative Development, Creativity
Dohrn, Elizabeth A. – 1986
The practicum report describes an effort to provide enrichment materials for kindergarten students whom classroom teachers identified as potential entrants for the gifted program. Two miniworkshops were conducted to familiarize teachers with identification and enrichment activities. Targeted students received enrichment attention both within and…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Enrichment Activities, Gifted, Kindergarten

Taylor, Irving A. – Education, 1974
Study evaluates an intensive training program with gifted young adults in inducing creativity. (GB)
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity
MATHES, BERNADINE; AND OTHERS – 1961
THE GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF AN ORIGINAL COMPOSITION PROJECT DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE CREATIVE WORK IN MUSIC ARE DESCRIBED. THE MAJOR PURPOSE, BEYOND THE COMPOSITION OF SONGS OR INSTRUMENTAL WORKS, WAS THE IMPROVEMENT AND GROWTH OF THE STUDENT SOCIALLY, INTELLECTUALLY, AND CULTURALLY AS WELL AS MUSICALLY. MORE THAN 2,000 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED BY…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Development, Music Education, Student Improvement
MEAD, MARGARET – 1962
THE CREATIVE SPIRIT BEGINS ITS GROWTH WITH A CHILD'S ATTEMPTS TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD ABOUT HIM AND TO EXPRESS HIS FEELINGS. PRESERVATION AND NURTURE OF THE CREATIVE SPIRIT CAN HELP A CHILD GROW INTO A CREATIVE, CONSTRUCTIVE ADULT. THE CONCEPTS OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CHILD REARING IMPLICIT IN THE WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH ARE…
Descriptors: Child Development, Creative Development, Learning Processes, Parent Role
Shaffer, Dale E. – 1973
The encouragement of creative thinking on the part of librarians is the purpose of this management guide. Every librarian has creative potential and the author discusses ways it can be developed. Included are discussions on the meaning of creativity, the need for creativity in libraries, traits of the creative librarian, steps in the creative…
Descriptors: Administration, Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity

Khatena Joe – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1978
Characteristics of the creative child (such as environmental sensitivity and individuality) are described, problems of the highly creative child are discussed, and the role of the parent in overcoming problems and nurturing creativity is examined (CL)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Creative Development, Creativity, Parent Role

Simonton, Dean Keith – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1978
Research on the sociocultural context of creative development is reviewed; and external influences on creative development are seen to include Availability of role models, political fragmentation, civil disturbances, and political instability. (CL)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Environmental Influences, Research Reviews (Publications)
Cravats, Monroe – Creative Child and Adult Quarterly, 1986
With the encouragement of parents and teachers, many young people would raise more questions than they typically do about nature. Examples of questions about animals which might lead to creative, thought-provoking discussions and explorations are offered. (CB)
Descriptors: Animals, Creative Development, Gifted, Inquiry