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Peer reviewedKuo, You-Yuh – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1996
This article reinterprets the philosophy of Taoism and applies it to creativity. Taoistic cognition is described as intuition or personal knowledge. Taoistic creativity is explained as involving incubation, syntectic thinking, and the unification through opposites. Dialectical thinking, Taoistic meditation and intuition, and symbolic thinking are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Intuition
Desfosses, Jeannot – Education Canada, 2003
The phenomenon of creativity is so prevalent and yet so ill-defined. After examining several definitions, this author posits that creativity is a natural process in which humans use their physical, intellectual, emotional, moral, and spiritual resources to produce something new. Creativity seems to satisfy a deep fundamental yearning to go beyond…
Descriptors: Creativity, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Imagination
Vasilyev, Yury – Thinking Classroom, 2003
Presents a strategy that enables students to: effectively reflect on the information they are learning; to identify scientific interconnections between individual facts and concepts; and to develop a system of conclusions. Explains that a concept network is a set of ideas and facts relating to a particular topic, with the linkages between facts…
Descriptors: Creativity, Graphic Organizers, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts
Greenwood, Scott C.; Joiner, Jennifer L.; Huff-Benkoski, Kelly – Thinking Classroom, 2003
Presents several ways to approach analogy instruction. Suggests that if teachers are to be truly accountable for student learning, they must encourage flexible, creative thinking that connects the known to the novel, that capitalizes on students' creativity and pattern-seeking and desire to make meaning. (SG)
Descriptors: Analogy, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBronte, Lydia – Adult Learning, 1997
Increases in life expectancy and living conditions are changing perceptions of traditional adult development. The Long Careers Study of 150 adults revealed three patterns of change: homesteaders who stayed in one career, transformers who made one major change, and explorers who changed careers frequently. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Career Change, Change Strategies, Creativity
Peer reviewedMorelock, Martha; And Others – Roeper Review, 1997
This supplementary insert discusses the differences between exceptionally gifted children and their more moderately gifted peers. Case studies are provided to illustrate the characteristics of exceptionally gifted children, including their tendencies toward fantasy and their ability to develop alternate realities. (CR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Children, Creativity, Fantasy
Gerrard, Lara Edwards; And Others – Creativity Research Journal, 1996
The effects of reward and intrinsic motivation training on the creativity and self-esteem of 103 third graders were assessed. Creativity ratings revealed a main effect of reward and a marginally significant effect of intrinsic motivation training. Results were compared with earlier findings that intrinsic motivation training reverses the negative…
Descriptors: Competition, Creativity, Grade 3, Primary Education
Noppe, Lloyd D. – Creativity Research Journal, 1996
Two complementary concepts of creative thinking are discussed, regression and progression, both of which are in the service of the ego. Interactions between the field dependence-independence and fixity-mobility styles are discussed, as are psychoanalytic, trait, physiological, and developmental perspectives of style. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Peer reviewedGladding, Samuel T.; Henderson, Donna A. – Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 2000
Describes the nature and importance of creativity in family counseling and factors such as divergent thinking that are a part of the creative process. Introduces the SCAMPER model of creativity as a practical way of helping clinicians shortcut the lengthy procedures involved in being creative as well as remembering aspects essential in working…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Creativity, Divergent Thinking, Family Counseling
Peer reviewedBrees, Karen K. – English Journal, 2003
Outlines educational arguments about attitudes, methods, and accountability. Surveys some teachers to find out how they craft a blending of pedagogical perspectives. Concludes that educators can maintain creativity in the face of demands for standardization of curriculum. (PM)
Descriptors: Creativity, Curriculum Development, Educational Planning, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedAnderson, Jared; Barrera, Gregory; Benedict, Julie; Cavanaugh, Michael; Christensen, Jessica; Clark, Susannah; Dallimore, Natalie; Drown, Danielle; Fink, Susan; Hansen, Josh; Haubner, Ashley; Hinsdale, Robin; Johnson, Tyler; King, JuLee; Maufort, Brenda; Neubauer, Laura; Popple, Jennifer; Praggastis, Cate; Price, Matt; Raber, Lloyd; Rowland, Tiffany; Strite-Hatch, Amy; Torson, Christine; Tuckness, Tara – Stage of the Art, 2003
Explains that each year, theatre education majors at the University of Utah select a production that will be mounted by a professional theatre company on the campus. Explains that the theatre education majors complete extensive dramaturgical research for the production, and create a process drama pre-show piece that is presented to over 1500 K-12…
Descriptors: Creativity, Drama, Elementary Secondary Education, Role Playing
Peer reviewedRiza, Enver Tahir – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2002
Discusses creativity in the field of educational technology. Topics include elements to consider when investigating creativity, including cumulative knowledge and communicative skills; levels of life that creativity is important in, including the educational system level; audiovisual aids; learning environments; and evaluation and measurement.…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Communication Skills, Creativity, Educational Technology
Peer reviewedLloyd, Bronwen; Howe, Nina – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2003
Examined the relationship between multiple forms of solitary play (solitary-active, solitary-passive, reticence) and convergent and divergent thinking in preschool children. Found that reticent behavior was more strongly negatively associated with convergent and divergent thinking than either solitary-active or solitary-passive play, whereas…
Descriptors: Convergent Thinking, Creativity, Divergent Thinking, Play
Peer reviewedTrantallidi-Papadimitriou, Magda – Lifelong Learning in Europe, 2003
Cultural education liberates creative forces for a well-functioning society. The European Union identified cultural awareness as one of eight competencies for civil society. A culture-school network established in the Netherlands is a step toward developing this cultural competence. (SK)
Descriptors: Competence, Creativity, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education
Peer reviewedWilliams, Jennifer – Lifelong Learning in Europe, 2003
The Common Threads program fosters connections and citizenship through arts education focused on the following components: trust, sharing, participation, responsibility, futures, and sustainability. Evaluation showed that cross-sectoral practices facilitated social inclusion, well-being, learning, and creativity. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Community Education, Creativity, Cultural Education
