The purpose of this article is to provide an introduction to the literature and methodology of creativity. As psychological education comes to be an important part of the counselor's role, it may be anticipated that creativity training will be an important aspect of the total psychological education program. (Author)

This article examines creativity and the creative process, especially as they relate to educational change. (JA)

Purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the relevance of Arthur Koestler's theory of creativity for assessing the effectiveness of nursery school programmes. (Author/CB)

By understanding the creative act it may be possible to assess the effectiveness of the traditional nursery school program for all children, including developmentally handicapped children. (Editor)

This rejoinder is based on comments appearing in Spring 1971 issue of Educational Theory which in turn commented on author's article in the Summer 1969 issue. (MB)

Advances 12 hypotheses to answer (1) What is creativity? (2) Why does creative behavior occur? (3) How does it occur? while including theoretical contributions by Freud, Jung, Adler, Rank, neo-Freudians, inter-personal theorists, trait theorists, association theorists and relevant research findings. (MB)

Organizational leaders have a responsibility to encourage and maintain creativity within their organizations, middle managers share in this responsibility and can take significant steps to help discharge this responsibility. (Author)

Effects of creativity instruction on creative writing of 49 learning disabled intermediate students were examined. Analysis of Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking scores revealed that Ss in the experimental group made significantly greater scores than a control group on the creative thinking variables on the verbal (written expression) subtests.…

Presents longitudinal data on 92 creative young adults in grades 3 through 6 on Sounds and Images, a test of imagery, with four criteria of later creativity: (1) number of post-high school creative achievements, (2) number of creative life-style achievements, (3) quality of creative achievements, and (4) creativeness of career image. (CL)

Reviews studies examining the relationship between IQ and creativity involving 6- to 13-year-old children. Discusses the effectiveness of creativity training programs. (Author/RH)

Aspects covered include introducing the equipment, planning the movie, shooting the picture, editing the film, recording the sound track, and presenting the finished film to an audience. The steps involved in making an animated film are also outlined. (DLS)

The effectiveness of a gifted program emphasizing creativity with 91 gifted Ss (grades 3 to 6) was compared to a control program for 78 gifted age matched Ss. Experimental Ss made significantly higher scores on post-tests of figural, semantic, and symbolic creativity. (CL)

Aspects of creativity and the relationship between creativity and values clarification are discussed. Creativity-oriented student behaviors (such as identifying problems that need to be solved or resolved) are identified and three ways in which values clarification enhances creativity are explored. (PHR)

The article discusses a model of personality characteristics associated with creative productivity in women, which was developed by C.B. Bruch and J.A. Morse, and its use as a diagnostic-prescriptive tool in freeing a woman's creative potential. (DLS)