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Jane Piirto

Autore di Understanding Creativity

9 opere 91 membri 1 recensione

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Jane Piirto, Ph.D., is Trustees' Distinguished Professor at Ashland University in Ohio and the author of 16 books, both literary and scholarly. An award-winning poet and novelist, she is also an award-winning scholar who is the recipient of fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council, a Lifetime mostra altro Achievement Award from the Mensa Education and Research Association, an honorary doctorate in humane letters, and the Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Association for Gifted Children. mostra meno

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With extensive scholarship, Dr. Piirto relates a fascinating overview of approaches to creativity, from the mystical to the pragmatic, the psychodynamic and psychometric to the cognitive. She notes that psychologist Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi makes a distinction of "Big C" creativity (eminent people making significant contributions to a domain), and "little c" creativity "by which human beings lead their everyday lives."

She cites the work of social psychologist Dean Keith Simonton showing that "creativity is the work of a life... from birth to grave" and "a form of leadership... the creator is a persuader."

For anyone wanting to enhance their creative lives and talents, the book provides a wealth of concrete and practical ideas from experts, such as divergent thinking exercises of the Odyssey of the Mind program, and strategies used by Dr. Piirto in her own classes.
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douglaseby | Apr 1, 2008 |

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9
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91
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#204,136
Recensioni
1
ISBN
21

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