Describes the outcomes from a poetry workshop for teachers, showing how teaching poetry helped the instructor's writing of poetry. Encourages teachers to become more interested in their own writing. (RL)

Describes an incident in an experimental school where use of children's imagination and creativity are utilized to overcome pupil boredom. (SL)

In a course, Developing Creativity in Teaching, graduate students, many of them experienced teachers of varied subjects in junior and senior high school, practiced some methods which facilitate creative learning. (Author)

Suggests ideas for using blocks in the teaching of mathematics, science, and social awareness. (Author/SB)

The bibliography lists 101 resources dealing with creativity and creative development. Age levels range from under 12 years to adult. Approaches include "how-to" literature and technical information. Areas covered include art, advertising, problem solving, use of tools, use of materials, use of mediums, use of color, techniques, format, and…

A study of 147 Westinghouse Science Talent Search winners classified 57 subjects as independent problem finders. They were asked to select five of the 31 factors in Guilford's Structure of Intellect model which best described the process of choosing their research question. Implications for educating secondary science students are discussed. (VW)

The Center for the Study of Southern Culture of the University of Mississippi offers undergraduate and graduate programs in southern studies; builds teaching and research collections; sponsors research and publications; and produces films, television shows, art exhibitions, and conferences. (MLW)

Found managers do not differ significantly by gender in level of creative thinking, but do vary in creativity-job relationships. Need achievement was a significant predictor of creativity for men, while need affiliation predicted creativity in women. For women, age, education, and hierarchical level were positive predictors; organizational tenure…

Describes the work of two very different but delightful "Mother Goose" illustrators--James Marshall and Arnold Lobel. (ARH)

In 1985 the Rockefeller Foundation encouraged the development of a collaborative program between three institutions that look at how teachers teach art and evaluate what their students learn. (MD)

The article identifies five modes of thinking--defensive, productive, adaptive, elaborative, and developmental. Case studies of artistic, creative writing illustrate the modes. A writing program designed to identify and develop these thinking modes is described. (Author/DB)

The author prescribes a bilingual teacher-training process based on a critique of the current condition of bilingual education and the professional concerns of bilingual teachers. She suggests a "creative" approach to teacher training that she believes will strengthen the image of bilingual teachers. (Author/CH)

Educable mentally retarded (EMR) 13- to 15-year-olds (N=19) and matched mental-age comparison subjects (N=22) participated in an imagery-based, associative learning pictorial elaboration task, followed by a delayed test of incidental learning. Both groups were able to generate original elaborations, although fluency and incidental learning scores…

The analogy of a compatible marriage is used to describe the relationship between gifted programing and test instrumentation for identification of giftedness. The interaction of programing and instrument development is explored from an historical perspective and from the personal viewpoint of a researcher/practitioner. (Author/JW)