This monograph deals specifically with the challenge of recognizing or assessing creativity. It is intended for teachers, program coordinators, administrators, counselors, or researchers who are concerned with such questions as, "Can creativity be measured?" "What assessment tools are available to assist us in recognizing creativity in students?"…

We compare different epistemological frameworks for the effective collection of creativity data. We suggest that researchers' epistemological approaches can significantly influence collection methods and subsequent outcomes. Classic sociological epistemological approaches--functionalism, interpretivism, radical humanism, and radical structuralism…

This book explores creativity in the context of education, focusing on what creativity is, how it works, and how it can be fostered. The book sets forth general principles for encouraging creativity in schools, higher education, and the family. The chapters are: (1) "Creativity: Basic Concepts"; (2) "The Role of Thinking in Creativity"; (3)…

This paper discusses the "Positive Uncertainty" career decision making strategy, which came into being in 1989. The author suggests that Positive Uncertainty is relevant for individuals struggling to make decisions about their careers, relationships, retirement, life, and more. It is also relevant for career coaches, executive coaches,…

Author attempted to answer the question of whether or not a classroom could be a stimulating environment where creative learning on both the social and intellectual levels occurs. (Author/RK)

Described a project in which students learned to use ordinary discarded cans for use in an art class. (RK)

This creativity study of primary school children conducted in England, Scotland and Germany indicates that children of upper class families obtained significantly higher creativity scores (verbal and nonverbal) than children of middle and lower class families. Middle class children scored higher than lower class children. (Authors/JA)

This study was designed to investigate the effects of a workshop in creative thinking and problem-solving for department chairmen in public secondary schools. (Author)

Drama in the school can be used to help the child become a more fully integrated being by developing his physical, mental, emotional, psychological, and spiritual faculties, and it can serve as an instrument for teaching skills and facts. (Author)

The essence of what the author had to say in this paper was that creative artists frequently use words like honesty and truth in describing themselves at work, that honesty and truth are at the core of what they are doing in art. (Author/RK)

Described the process of macrame, teaching approaches for macrame, and the materials needed to begin the process. (RK)

This project helps students to be creative in a new and exciting way and provides the teacher with an economical and speedy way to teach an introduction to low relief sculpture. (Author)

Article considered how to stimulate young people toward more creative decision making through a realistic examination of the art classroom's purposes and objectives. (Author/RK)

Article described how to teach a sound introductory unit of sculpture without great cost. (Author/RK)

The repeated and unvaried reliance upon a concept, a medium, technique or a subject implies ignorance of other possibilities or how to implement them. (Author)