Urges educators to examine the role that intuition can play in the teaching-learning process. Analyzes four models of intuitive knowledge, and reviews arguments against intuitive claims to knowledge. Discusses the universality of intuition, its relationship to self-evident truths, and its role in scientific discoveries, inventions, and art. (DMM)

Two studies explored preschool children's beliefs about the relationship between perceptually based similarity among things and their predicted behaviors by focusing on form-function correspondences. Perceptual similarity, if motivated by intuitive beliefs about correspondences between form and function was found to be sufficient basis for…

Graduate nursing students (n=21) wrote descriptions of how they used intuition in clinical practice. Undergraduates in a nursing research course used these exemplars to learn about content analysis and develop their own intuitive thinking. (SK)

Discusses the problem in the relationship between schemata and intuitions. Analyzes the hypothesis that intuitions are always based on certain structural schemata. Concludes that intuitions, even when expressed as instantaneous guesses, are in fact manipulated behind the scenes by schemata. Contains 27 references. (Author/ASK)

The purpose of this paper is to address the concept of "intuition of education" from the pragmatic viewpoint so as to assert its place in the cognitive, that is inferential, learning process. The structure of the paper, consistent with the spirit of Charles Sanders Peirce's triadic semiotics, is threefold. As a point of departure, the author…

The present research deals with the perception of matter in young children, inquiring if it is perceived as discrete or continuous. It investigates the existence of the intuitive rule "everything can be divided in two" in elementary school children (K-6) by using questions on the subdivision of mathematical and material objects. In addition, we…

In general, music listening is often ignored in music programs. When it is taught, it is often in ways that require students to circle the correct answer or identify the instruments. Rather than engaging students' musical minds in intuitive ways, this approach is more a drill in deductive reasoning strictly structured by the teacher. Such learning…

Despite significant progress over the past six decades, a number of obstacles still exist as far as the understanding and application of inventive ideation techniques is concerned. This paper describes the development of a model aimed at simplifying the selection and application of these techniques. Analysis of a diverse range of creative thinking…

This writing describes a literacy project between preservice teachers enrolled in a small university in Montana and an inner city school classroom in Kansas. It shows how the preservice teachers and children negotiate meaning at the beginning of the project as well as what the preservice teachers were learning from the children and from their…

Adult survivors of childhood abuse are some of the more difficult and challenging patients in psychotherapy. This paper applies a transpersonal model of empathy to therapeutic work with these individuals. The transpersonal model of empathy extends traditional humanistic models which strive towards "advanced accurate empathy" to the level…

This article proposes that the interaction comprising the teacher student relationship is the primary instrument for school learning. Discussed is the belief that knowledge is a product of existence, that meaning is unrecognized outside its cultural context, and that the nonconscious is a critical factor in behavior. Implications are discussed.…

Research indicates that the most successful executives are those able to make decisions by following a hunch. This article discusses how biofeedback, art, and other techniques can be used to help managers take advantage of the intuitive, creative powers of the right brain in making decisions. (Author/CT)

There has been increasing attention to the role of intuition and creative imagery in programing for the gifted. Procedures that help develop the intuitive function are described and the relationship between creativity and imagery are noted. Classroom strategies for developing creativity and intuition are discussed. (Author/CL)

Intuition is a mode of thinking based more on sense and instinct than on logic and reason. It is somewhat suspect ability because it undermines our faith in reason and empirical research. But intuition can play a valid role in the design of the freshman composition curriculum. As a stereotypically feminine attribute, it complements current…

Expert community health nurses (n=28) described crucial clinical situations. Content analysis revealed that decision making was both rational and intuitive. Eight themes were identified: decision-making focus, type, purpose, decision-maker characteristics, sequencing of events, data collection methods, facilitators/barriers, and decision-making…