This article explores the importance of giving academics the space to be creative in developing new teaching materials in the context of a government drive to increase the quality of the student experience, and what this means for "academic staff development". Academics who have engaged with a UK Centre for Excellence in Teaching and…

The two experiments described show that college students in psychology can slant their essays in the direction of originality when the teacher's expectations are made clear to them. (Author/RM)

Author attempted to clarify the concept of "creativity" so that students might become more creative and teachers might realize more effective methods for stimulating student development. (RK)

Students and teachers participated in an Arts Week program that was educationally sound and promoted communication among faculty members. (JH)

Improvisation can show teachers ways to use the senses to make ideas, emotions, or any academic lesson stick with a child. By using improvisational techniques, the teacher asks the student to play--to be active and to discover. For example, there are games to help the child to concentrate, verbalize, touch and make contact with other children, and…

Discusses ways in which teachers can establish an atmosphere which will foster the creative use of language among their students. (PM)

The role of the teacher who seeks to develop individuals who can solve problems, face issues, make decisions, and cope with pressures has at least three facets. The teacher becomes a questioner rather than a teller, encouraging rather than stopping the thinking process; a stage-setter making judgments about the types and varieties of experiences…

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…

The author considers the manner in which children develop awareness of varieties of sound, pitch, and rhythm, and provides an outline for use in a class project in musical composition. (IM)

Compared were the cognitive outcomes between a university based course on creative classroom concepts and methods for 137 classroom teachers taught via the telenetwork and the same course taught at face-to-face locations. (SBH)

Art students must know and understand the media with which they are working. Techniques used to help junior high school students gain mastery of art materials are discussed. With control of the materials anything is possible, including creativity. (RM)

This interview with David Perkins, codirector of Harvard's Project Zero and author of "The Mind's Best Work," focuses on the links between creative and critical thinking styles. Exercises in Venezuela's Project Intelligence are also discussed, along with possible curricular approaches to teaching skills. (11 references) (MLH)

The review of the literature cites approaches for enhancing the strengths of gifted disadvantaged youth through such "creative positives" as creative problem solving, art activities, dramatics and storytelling, and creative writing. (CL)

Explores children's interaction during talking, telling, and storymaking stages as they prepare a narrative. Discusses a method of stimulating children to create stories by encouraging them to talk about a book that has been read aloud to them. (HTH)

Author provided two methods for encouraging creative ideas from students. (Author/RK)