First the Children. There is a growing and unique role museums can play in reinventing K-12 education. And children's museums are well suited to lead the way. HuffingtonPost.com June 14, 2011
Why Preschool Shouldn't Be Like School. New research shows that teaching kids more and more, at ever-younger ages, may backfire. Slate.com. March 16, 2011.
Neuroscientists try to unlock the origins of creativity. "Dr. Vartanian, an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto, says he and others are getting closer to understanding the mechanisms involved in different kinds of creativity." Globe & Mail. January 28, 2010.
The Decline of Creativity in the United States. Interview with Kyung Hee Kim, an associate professor of educational psychology at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Kim had performed analyses of a creativity measure known as the Torrance test for almost 300,000 American adults and children. Her findings, that Americans’ creativity has plummeted in recent years, caught the attention of teachers and psychologists across the country. Encyclopedia Britannic Blog, October 18, 2010.
New Law Aims to Measure School Creativity. Public schools in Massachusetts will be ranked not only on how they perform on standardized tests but also on whether their respective curricula encourage students to think outside of the box. Daily Hampshire Gazette, August 18, 2010, Owen Boss.
Headstrong, Part II: The Creative Process. After recovering from a life altering brain tumor, Marian Salzman discusses how her perspective on how the brain works has changed. She now focuses on the use of creativity rather than the "automatic" tasks of running, walking and talking. The Huffington Post, July 21, 2010, Marian Salzman
The Creativity Crisis. "For the first time, research shows that American creativity is declining. What went wrong—and how we can fix it". Newsweek, July 10, 2010, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman. This article has also been discussed by Dean and Britta on Studio 360, July 23, 2010.
The Most Important Leadership Quality for CEOs? Creativity. IBM's study shows that creativity outweighs integrity and global thinking as being the most important leadership quality for CEO's today. Fast Company, May 18 2010, Austin Carr
Charting Creativity: Signposts of a Hazy Territory. "The first systematic research on the neurology of the creative process, including its relationship to personality and intelligence". The New York Times, May 7, 2010, Patricia Cohen
Childish Creativity. Lehrer discusses how age decreases the capacity of free thinking and creative thought we had as children. Science Blogs: The Frontal Cortex, March 25, 2010, Jonah Lehrer
The 100 Most Creative People in Business 2010. "This year's 100 Most Creative People offers our own, idiosyncratic perspective on business". The selections reflect the breadth of news ideas and new pursuits at play in our business landscape. Fast Company, 2010
Creativity. Brockman and Russell summarize studies that have shown how creativity reduces stress, drop out rates and improves student motivation. University of Arizona, November 20, 2009, Michael S. Brockman and Stephen T. Russell
How to Learn Without Memorizing. In the realm of learning, creative thinking can be a better tool than memorization. Think Simple Now, 2009, Scott Young
The Creative Personality. "Creative individuals are remarkable for their ability to adapt to almost any situation and to make do with whatever is at hand to reach their goals". Psychology Today, October 14, 2008, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Creativity in Young Children. Sara Gable helps parents understand how to encourage creativity through different mediums to children of all ages. University of Missouri, July 2000, Sara Gable
Imagination at Work and Play. "Play generates joy and replenishes and revitalizes our human spirit. It clears the mental cobwebs that keep us from thinking clearly. Play frees us from worry and stress, relaxing the brain and making it easier to be more creative". Creativity at Work, Linda Naiman
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