1st Edition
Organic Creativity in the Classroom Teaching to Intuition in Academics and the Arts
Biography
Besides this book, currently in its third edition, Jane Piirto is the author of Understanding Those Who Create (two editions); Understanding Creativity; Luovuus; "My Teeming Brain": Understanding Creative Writers; A Location in the Upper Peninsula (collected poems, stories, and essays); The Three-Week Trance Diet (novel); Postcards from the Upper Peninsula, and several poetry and prose chapbooks. An award-winning poet, novelist, and scholar, she is a Trustees' Professor at Ashland University in Ohio, where she is Director of Talent Development Education. She is a former member of the board of directors of the National Association for Gifted Children, and has been in the field of the education of the gifted and talented since 1977 as a program coordinator, principal of the Hunter College Elementary School in New York City, and teacher trainer. She is a national and international speaker and consultant. In August of 2007, Dr. Jane Piirto was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Mensa Education and Research Foundation. The award, only the fifth given, recognizes outstanding professionals who have contributed a lifetime to scholarly pursuits in intelligence, giftedness, or creativity.
Instead of focusing on skills such as fluency and flexibility, this book presents helpful strategies that can be used to encourage students to become more creative within specific domains . . . Using personal stories and practical advice, the authors offer countless activities, ideas, and advice to produce a creative environment in a myriad of disciplines. The organic approach of this resource reveals methods for teaching that encourages the GT student to use more creative and critical thinking approach to in their learning.,Gifted Child Today, 11/3/14
