One analysis of the creative process includes four steps: preparation; concentrated effort; withdrawal from the problem; insight or illumination; and verification, evaluation, and elaboration. The creative process is described elsewhere in four steps: openess, focusing, discipline, and closure. Research studies of highly creative adults have shown…

Rejecting packaged crafts and kits, author urges teachers of crafts to provide for each child only the means to discover and interact with the materials he finds interesting and useful in his project. (Author/MB)

Explains and describes a creative cycle by which the child is first stimulated to creative expression and secondly guided by the teacher to communicate that expression. (MM)

Teachers can encourage youngsters to express their ideas creatively by providing help in three areas--content, language, and process. In terms of content, children often have few resources for tapping their thoughts, and may need 'pump primers' such as being told the beginning and end of a story and speculating about a variety of middles. Once…

A discussion of ways an adult can encourage and participate in a child's self-expression through movement and dance. (BD)

Argues that an English teacher should not be so concerned with permitting students' creative expression that he neglects nurturing their critical, evaluative skills. (RD)

The authors cite the personal characteristics of creative individuals and the behavior of teachers which inhibits student creativity before focusing on their main topic: ways to promote creativity in the home economics curriculum. (AG)

FIVE PRINCIPLES FOR ENCOURAGING CREATIVE THINKING ARE TO TREAT QUESTIONS WITH RESPECT, TO TREAT IMAGINATIVE IDEAS WITH RESPECT, TO SHOW PUPILS THAT THEIR IDEAS HAVE VALUE, TO PERMIT PUPILS OCCASIONALLY TO DO SOMETHING FOR FUN OR PRACTICE WITHOUT THREAT OF EVALUATION, AND TO TIE IN EVALUATION WITH CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCES. DR. E. PAUL TORRANCE'S…

An account of an "intensive writing" experiment to stimulate and teach secondary students to write freely and creatively is given in this book. The experimental teaching method which stresses emotion, brevity, simplicity, and honesty is described, as well as the stimulus used for each writing lesson, the results obtained, and the children's…

Discusses creativity and its importance to society, providing a rationale for including creativity and problem-solving training in teacher education programs. Reviews the psychological underpinnings of creativity training and provides a suggested creativity course syllabus to foster the creative spirit in teachers. (27 citations.) (HAA)

The guide gives concepts and suggestions for teaching art to gifted students in grades 7 through 9. Noted is the need for adolescent gifted students to view reality with heightened aesthetic perception, to attain success in art work, and to remain uninhibited in development. Topics covered in an overview of art study are criticism of student art,…

Describes the development and growth of a program at a new York City public elementary school called Growing a Story: A Theatrical Exploration of Imagination for Literacy Enrichment. This arts educational program fosters students' pride of ownership, self-esteem, and interdependence through improvised creation and performance of original…