Mentoring individuals who are gifted, talented, and creative, but somewhat emotionally sensitive is a challenging and provocative arena. Several reasons individuals experience heightened sensitivity include: lack of nurturing, abuse, alcoholism in the family, low self-esteem, unrealistic parental expectations, and parental pressure to achieve.…

This book records the author's creative processes as she wrote the book, presenting a personal journey where all artists will recognize aspects of themselves. The first (and most extensive) part of the book (entitled "Elements of Creativity") reveals universal elements of creativity that mirror the ancient elements in nature:…

Designed to accompany an all-day "brain" workshop on neurological aspects of learning, the manual contains charts and illustrations depicting the role and function of the right and left hemispheres. Additional material addresses such topics as physiological evolution of the brain, disharmony between left/right brain functions, comparisons between…

The chronicle provides information on programs and offers articles of interest to gifted students and educators. Among entries are the following: "Myths about the Gifted" (which presents research relative to myths and negative attitudes regarding the gifted); "Four Faces of Creativity" (about a model for expanding and clarifying the nature of…

Students responded well to the opportunity to create their own final examinations. (JH)

The author shows how one child's creativity is destroyed in the pursuit of correct capitalization, neat margins, and good punctuation. (BD)

Article focused on the essence of instructional style in the modern school and the formulation of new goals of instruction for young people for lifelong education. (Author/RK)

Article investigated the contributions which physical education could provide for stimulating children to desire and seek a creative approach to learning. (Editor/RK)

This article deals with a comparison of the congruent and divergent aspects of expressionistic and phenomenological theories of aesthetics and some implications for aesthetic education. (Author)

Article considered the areas of most of the researches into art education and the problem of establishing clarity and priority in the theoretical framework of studies in the field. (Author/RK)

The intention of the study was to show that reliance on performance on New York Survey (mathematics) and National Educational Development Tests for the purpose of identifying individuals for guidance in mathematics might exclude creatively gifted children. (Author)

Discussed the expansion of perceptual learning and the thought processes that relate our ideas. (RK)

Author examined some logical connections between the creative process and the problem of human relations and argued that though antisocial behavior among creative people is normal and expected, it is neither required nor inevitable. (Author/RK)

Article focused on the introduction of creative ways of thinking early in the prospective teacher's college career thereby making him or her a more effective learner in all areas. (Author/RK)

This study examined the effect of the active pursuit of ballet as a hobby on personality. The study group consisted of 62 members of the junior ballet of the Finnish National Opera, ranging in age from 9 to 17 with the majority under 14. The dancers were given four self-esteem questionnaires which measured empathy, creativity, and other…