Guiding creative talent

Prentice-Hall

1962

278 p.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255–270).

Causes for concern -- Assessing the creative thinking abilities -- The Minnesota tests of creative thinking -- Identifying the creative personality -- creative development -- Problems in maintaining creativity -- Problems when creativity is repressed -- Goals for guiding creative talent -- Relationships with creative talent -- Counselors, teachers, and administrators for guiding creative talent.

Anyone with an interest in the problems of highly creative children will find this volume useful in guiding a wide range of creative talent at all age and educational levels. In preparing this material, I have drawn most heavily upon my own research and that of my colleagues concerning the creative thinking of children, adolescents, and adults. Although my emphasis is upon the problems of highly creative children, I believe you will find these materials useful in guiding a wide range of creative talent at all age and educational levels. I have also attempted to give these research findings and observations meaning from my experience as a teacher, counselor, and principal in a high school and as a college teacher and counselor, roles in which I have met many highly creative individuals. I have also drawn upon my research concerning behavior under emergency and extreme conditions, especially situations involving coercion.

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