Talent & Creativity

CONTENTS
1. CONCEPT OF GIFTEDNESS
Prodigies and Geniuses 1. Who is Gifted 74. Renzulli's Conception of Giftedness 8. Feldhusen's Conception of Gif- tedness 13. Five Factors Leading to the Fulfilment of Gifted ness 14. Stemberg's Triarchic Theory of Giftedness 15 School-House Giftedness and Creative-Productive Giftedness 19. Giftedness and Achievement of Eminence 20. Some Salient Features of the Theories of Giftedness 23
2. EDUCATION OF THE GIFTED
Homogenious Grouping 27. Special Schools for the Gifted 28. Scholarship Schemes 31. Acceleration 32. Enrichment of Cur riculum 36 Kothari Commission and Enrichment 37.
3. NATURE OF CREATIVITY
Product Based Definitions 42. Process Based Definitions 44 A Comprehensive Definition of Creativity 47. Types and Levels of Creativity 52. School Students and Creativity 54.
4. THEORIES OF CREATIVITY
Psychoanalytic Theory of Creativity 56. Humanistic Psychologists and Creativity 65. Feldman's Three-Phase Model 75. The Evolving-Systems Approach by Gruber 78. Common Features in the Theories
5. GUILFORD'S MODEL OF STRUCTURE OF INTELLECT
Mental Operations 84 Contents 85. Products 86. An Evalua tion of Guilford's Work 89.
6. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CREATIVE AND INTELLIGENT CHILDREN
Personality and Imagination 94. Other Studies on Intelligence. and Creativity 97.
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7. MEASUREMENT OF CREATIVITY
Tests Prepared by Torrance 101. Non-verbal Tests 102 Tests 103. New Dimensions in Scoring TTCT 106. Decline Creativity 114. Role of Time Limit, Test Atmosphere, and structions on Creativity Tests 116. Tests of Creativity 119. Some Indian Versions
8. CREATIVITY AND PERSONALITY TRAITS
A few Important Studies 123. Main Personality Traits Revealed by Various Studies 128.
9. CREATIVOGENIC SOCIETY
The Age of Pericles 135. The Golden Age of the Guptas 138 Golden Age of Akbar and Shahjahan 139, Ariel's Nine Con ditions 141. Gowan and Olson's List of Three Processes 141 Khandwalla's List of Ten Factors 142. Four Broad Cate of Factors 143.
10. BRAIN AND CREATIVITY
A Review of Studies on Brain 150. Abilities of the Right Hemisphere 156. Conditions Favouring Right Hemisphere Imagery 157. A Summary of Left and Right Brain Functions 158. Hemisphericity 158. Bringing the Two Brains Together 162. Transcendental Meditation 164.
11 BRAINSTORMING OR DEFERRED JUDGEMENT 165-176 Critical Versus Creative Thinking 165. Organization of Brainstorming 166. Variations in Brainstorming 171. Studies on Effectiveness of Brainstorming 174.
12. SYNECTICS
The Method of Synectics 178. The Flow Chart 184. Further Developments in Synectics 187. Synectics as a Teaching Model 189.
13. ATTRIBUTE LISTING, MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS,
AND BIONICS
Attribute Listing 192. Morphological Analysis 196. Bionics 198.
14. STAGES OF CREATIVITY
Four Stages of Creativity 202. Psychological Explanations of Incubation and Illumination 205. Experimental Studies of In cubation 218. Enhancing Incubation 219.
15. INSPIRATION AND CREATIVITY
Inspiration and Dream-like Creation 222. Conditions Accom panying or Preceding Inspiration 226. Intuition 239.
16. PROBLEM SOLVING Stage Problem Solving 243. Cognitive Processes Behind Insightful Leaming 251. Osborn and Pames Creative Problem Solving CPS Model 252
17. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL FOR PROMOTING CREATIVITY 257-264
Instructional Material by Cunnington and Torrance 257. The Purdue Creative Thinking Program 259. The Productive Think- ing Program 260. Idea and Action Books tor Promoting Creativity 262.
18. CREATIVE TEACHING OBJECTIVES, MODELS, AND STRATEGIES 265-290
What Creative Teaching is not 265. Objectives of Creative Teaching 266. Williams Total Creativity Program 268. Torrance's Instructional Model for Enhancing Incubation 271. Objective Based Strategies for Promoting Creativity 278. Strategies for Realising Cognitive Dimensions 279. Strategies for attaining Objectives under Affective Dimension 284.
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19. A STUDY OF INDIAN SCIENTISTS AND WRITERS
Indian Scientists 291. Conditions Favourable for Thinking 296. Nature of Creative Thinking 297. Dreams, Fantasy, Imaginary Companion, and Mystical Experiences and Scientists 303. Personality Characteristics 304. Administrative Duties Versus Research 306. Effect of Age on Creative Work 307. Indian Writers 308. Conditions Favourable for Writing 310. Dreams, Fantasy, and Mystical Experiences and Writers 315. Sources of Motivation 318. Introversion and Alienation 320. Neurosis and Writing 322. Scientific and Literary Creativity: A Com- parison 325. The Biographical Method in Retrospect 328.
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