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Havsteen-Franklin, Dominik; Cooper, Jasmine; Anas, Shafeena – Cogent Education, 2023
University students are at higher risk than the general population of becoming mentally unwell. Dominant risk factors are to do with relationships, work load, the university environment and approaches to learning and teaching. Over recent decades higher education has been increasingly influenced by rules of commodification, however less…
Descriptors: College Students, Creative Development, Creativity, Well Being
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Jiranattakorn Paorisankhunnakorn; Montree Wongsaphan; Daranee Chanthamixay; Thoshatus Boonta – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2023
This study employed a research and development method to design courses that enhance creative dance skills for students in Mathayomsuksa 1 (typically aged 12-13 years). Divided into four phases, the study used background information and input from students and teachers to design a dance course that addressed the neglect of Thai culture in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dance Education, Creativity, Cultural Awareness
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Daehyeok Kang; Jongwon Park; Hanghwa Hong – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2015
Teaching creativity is one of the major goals of science class. This study examined how much time is necessary to conduct a scientific creativity task requiring fluency in middle schools. To accomplish this, 76 and 45 scientifically gifted and ordinary students respectively generated as many ideas as possible for the creativity task. The results…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Science Instruction, Creativity
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Cheung, Ping Chung; Lau, Sing – Creativity Research Journal, 2013
The Wallach-Kogan Creativity Tests were translated into Chinese and later fully computerized for research in Hong Kong. The normative data of two cohorts (1994 and 2002) of school children were employed to test the hypothesis that growth in creative thinking occurs in a society or culture during a period of education and curriculum reforms that…
Descriptors: Creativity, Gender Differences, Educational Change, Curriculum Development
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Isaksen, Scott G.; Parnes, Sidney J. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1985
The article reports results of a survey of 150 curriculum planners about their knowledge, attitudes, and behavior regarding deliberate development of creative thinking and problem-solving skills. A six-step creative problem-solving model is proposed. (CL)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Curriculum Development, Models
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Carey, Charlotte; Naudin, Annette – Education & Training, 2006
Purpose: This paper seeks to report on the current state and attitudes towards Enterprise Curriculum within higher education (HE) for the creative industries sector. It is based on preliminary findings from the Creative Enterprise Conference (2006) held at UCE Birmingham, which examined the role of HEs in developing future entrepreneurs in this…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Industry, Curriculum Development, Criticism
Shaklee, Beverly D.; Amos, Neil G. – 1985
The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of using an adapted version of Creative Problem Solving (CPS) to increase problem solving activities of kindergarten students, and to determine the practical significance of using CPS as a method for increasing problem solving skills of kindergarten students. Data were collected from…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Curriculum Development, Divergent Thinking
Sefer, Jasmina – Gifted Education International, 1995
A longitudinal study of 99 students attending 1 rural and 1 urban elementary school in Yugoslavia evaluated the effects of an interdisciplinary play-oriented program based on drama, story making, art-constructive activities, group research, and various games. Results showed an improvement in creativity, motivation to learn, and expressive…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Creative Development, Creativity, Curriculum Design
Cowperthwaite, Gordon – 1981
At Sinclair Community College (SCC) in Dayton, Ohio, a series of holistic education courses, called Education for Work/Life Actualization, was designed to offer students new skills for the development of self-esteem, empathy, creativity, intuition, centeredness, clarity of values, communication, nutrition, and preventative self-help health care.…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Community Colleges, Courses, Creative Development
Madeja, Stanley S. – 1975
Volume two of the report on the Aesthetic Education Program contains summaries of research and evaluation projects on the program plus reports on teacher education and dissemination of the materials. The research and evaluation section of the report includes formative and summative evaluation summaries and also a list of pilot tests of the…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Creative Development, Curriculum Development, Educational Research
Wakefield, John F. – 1989
This study explores the usefulness of a creativity construct for arts education. It is hypothesized that an arts orientation is a valid personality construct, that this orientation is correlated with contrasting cognitive skills, and that these skills are manifested in creative behaviors. Sixty-five high school seniors were given the ACT Interest…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement
Kissinger, Joan – 1973
This paper presents a kindergarten teacher's attempt to implement a process kindergarten curriculum which emphasizes the three skills of perceiving, creating, and decision-making. The experiences, materials, displays, books, and projects used in the curriculum are described. For each skill area, specific dimensions of focus are defined: (1)…
Descriptors: Body Image, Cooking Instruction, Creative Development, Curriculum Development
Grimes, Daniel B. – 1977
To assist local school districts by making available curriculum materials that can be incorporated into the regular instructional program, a set of career awareness curriculum kits were developed by elementary and junior high school teachers in Oregon for grades K-8. The curriculum was based upon five program goals which were mastered by a set of…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills