The philosophy, purpose and methods of the Creative Problem-Solving Institute are discussed. (RW)

The Schmerenbeck Educational Centre (Parktown, South Africa) provides comprehensive educational services to gifted, talented, and creative students of all races. Program costs, talent identification and such educational programs as Microscapes (integrative activities), Project Plus (contact, core, acceleration, enrichment, and self-study courses),…

The University of Notre Dame (Indiana) offers a new Masters of Business Administration course in creativity which uses a student-proactive paradigm that emphasizes skill development in synthesis rather than analysis to help future business managers use their creative potential to survive in the increasingly technical Information Age. (Author/CB)

Ways in which creative dialogue fosters the development of creativity through expressive language and motor movements are described. Procedures are outlined for generating creative dialogue with children ages 3-5 through the observation component (observing, interviewing, transcribing), and with children ages 6-8 through the language development…

A teaher of emotionally disturbed students describes language, science, dramatics, and art activities to help students redirect their creative energy. The importance of structuring the activities for success is emphasized. (CL)

Argues that in order to revitalize foreign language learning, language teachers must make every classroom a place where students can mold their personal tastes or apply the language to their own background and interests. Argues that language learning has a humanistic value in and of itself. (SED)

Children use creative thinking processes when teachers assign ambiguous rather than specific problems. Suggestions for developing questions that encourage experiential and metaphorical thinking are offered. (DF)

Methods, techniques, and materials for teaching creativity and problem-solving were discussed in a workshop for elementary school teachers. (RK)

While intelligence plays an important role in understanding human behavior, it is through creativity that we can understand a human's ability to cope with challenging situations in novel and appropriate ways. This fastback explores theories and research on creativity. Its chapters are: (1) "Looking for Creativity," describing six multidisciplinary…

Relates the processes involved in Story Workshop from both the student's and the director's point of view. (TO)

The article deals with the idea that non-Indians tend to believe that everything of value--e.g., music--in the world came from them. The article points out that American Indians had developed many art forms that are usually considered non-Indian long before the white man came to the Americas. (FF)

Discusses the use of divergent questioning in the science classroom. This form of questioning is open-ended and encourages children to contribute to class discussion with a variety of responses. (JR)

As a reaction against perceived curriculum rigidity, the progressive era in American education marked a turning point in the conception, design, and implementation of the elementary school curriculum. (Author/JH)

Harold Rugg of Teachers College, Columbia University, died in 1960. Author presents an analysis of his ideas about creativity" which only recently have become the concern of sociologists, psychologists and educators. (MB)

Teacher adopts standards of measurement as an incentive toward understanding non-standard concepts and as a way of teaching children to work together. (RK)