Describes several film series on British Creative Education made by Eileen Molony for the BBC. These series are available from Time Life Films, BBC Educational 16 mm Section, 43 West 16th Street, New York, N.Y. 10011. (MB)

The Creative Studies Project is an interdisciplinary effort to conduct research into the nature and nurture of creative behavior, and to translate the findings into educational programs. (Authors)

A suggested list of films, short stories, photographs, plays, and paintings is included for a unit on pariahs, lovers, and heroes; a paper presented at annual convention of National Council of Teachers of English (59th, Washington, D.C., November 28, 1969). (RD)

Music education should be conceived as aesthetic education which is devoted to the systematic development of musicality. Music education curricula should incorporate contemporary psychological methods which encourage creativity while focusing on the nature of music meaning and expression and the development of the capacity for musical response.…

Two ways of stimulating creativity--meditation and structured physical movement--bring a new dimension to the teaching of composition by encouraging visualization and imagery, strengthening the integration of both hemispheres of the brain, and allowing the brain to rest. (HOD)

The suggestion to equate values with purpose is considered. The advantage of value development over moral development is that values apply to a broader category of ideas while morality has a more confined and narrow application. All students and teachers should attempt to become both creators and appreciators of values. (JN)

The author proposes an inservice teacher training course on creativity which emphasizes the historical and theoretical aspects of creativity; the environmental contributors to creativity (through biographical analysis of the lives of creative individuals); the identification of creative potential; and the application of creativity theories and…

Examines the effects of a creativity training workshop on the behaviorally defined creative responses (fluency, flexibility, and originality on both unusual uses and problem-solution exercises) of 14 college students. (CM)

Through a brief review of studies correlating the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking and standard intelligence measures, the author seeks to demonstrate that creativity and intelligence are not synonymous. He espouses Viktor Lowenfeld's concept of "Creative Intelligence" and describes the Future Problem Solving Program as a way to…

The importance of arts education for gifted students is discussed, and the terms creative, aesthetic, and artistic are defined. Four suggestions for encouraging artistic talent, including establishing a resource file of master artists and arts institutions, are presented. (CL)

Offers a number of techniques designed to challenge or alter or disrupt how a student perceives reality, thereby facilitating student development in creative thinking. (RL)