This article analyses the features of innovative curriculum design and the associated research activities of primary school students in Ukraine. It is emphasised that the priority is the formation of 'meta-subject results' in junior high school students, which can be seen as universal learning activities that will ensure, to a large extent, the…

The objectives of this research were to 1) study the basic data of learning innovation to enhance creative young entrepreneurial skills in schools of Kanchanaburi Province, 2) develop the learning innovation to enhance creative young entrepreneurial skills in schools of Kanchanaburi Province, 3) implement the learning innovation to enhance…

Throughout the U.S., thousands of creativity-based out-of-school time (OST) programs combine principles of positive youth development with immersion in the creative process. Many of these programs refer to their work as creative youth development or CYD. Programs include a constellation of creative disciplines and genres, including film making,…

This article addresses the question of whether and how creativity is important in children's lives in relation to creative expression in school, with a focus on the Danish educational system. It starts by outlining different conceptions of creativity: the first generation view considers it largely innate and specific for a selected few; the second…

In the continuing debate about American competitiveness in the global economy, politicians and educators alike have pointed not to students' test scores, but to their creativity and ingenuity, as models for the rest of the world. Teaching creativity has been a hot-button topic this fall, from the National Academy of Education's annual meeting in…

This article features five schools (John P. Oldham Elementary, Norwood, Massachusetts; R. J. Richey Elementary, Burnet, Texas; Pittsburgh Carmalt Science and Technology Academy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; John D. Shaw Elementary, Wasilla, Alaska; and Springville K-8, Portland Oregon) that offer five promising practices. From fourth graders learning…

This article sets out reasons for arguing that creativity is not garnish to the roast of industry or of education--i.e. the reasoning behind Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi's insistence that creativity is not only about elites but involves everyone. This article investigates three key domains--scholarship, commerce and learning--to argue the importance…

Discusses creativity and the creative process. Delineates four habits that may be prevalent among community college educators that inhibit creativity (e.g., the pursuit of perfection and the need for personal control). Argues for creativity in leadership and suggests strategies by which educational leaders may encourage their own and others'…

The Brillion School District is located in Brillion, Wisconsin, approximately 20 miles south of Green Bay in the heart of the Fox Valley. Brillion High School (BHS) has approximately 330 students in Grades 9-12. Brillion is home to approximately 3000 residents. Interestingly, Brillion also serves as the headquarters of three major manufacturing…

The introduction to this booklet states that transpersonal psychology focuses attention on the human capacity for self-transcendence as well as self-realization, and is concerned with the optimum development of consciousness. This booklet attempts to illustrate the value of this psychology in education, not as a complete substitute for traditional…

Describes several film series on British Creative Education made by Eileen Molony for the BBC. These series are available from Time Life Films, BBC Educational 16 mm Section, 43 West 16th Street, New York, N.Y. 10011. (MB)

The director of the Program on Humanistic Education at the State University of New York at Albany argues that the continuing attempt to discover 'divine and golden images' and to draw forth the 'good and honorable man' is the mission of Humanistic Education." (Author/AA)