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On the Edge and Keeping On the Edge The University of Georgia Annual Lectures On Creativity
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E. Paul Torrance
Foreword by Russell H. Yeany
Book Code: AB4981
ISBN: 1-56750-498-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-56750-498-9
200 pages, figures, photos
Ablex Publishing
Publication: 9/30/2000
List Price: $131.95 (UK Sterling Price: £75.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Paperback
Trim Size: 6 1/8 X 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Emphasis is on what each lecturer "has done to keep on the edge"....Responses have included support of stimulation through a network of creative people, problem-solving, intergenerational exchanges, imaging, questioning, and exploring philosophy and ethics.
    —Psychological Reports
Description: On the Edge and Keeping on the Edge contains the first ten lectures in a series sponsored by the University of Georgia's Torrance Center for Creative Studies. Annually, the Lecture Committee tried to identify someone who was on the cutting edge of creativity research. When a decision was made to publish the first ten lectures, the editor asked each lecturer to describe what he/she had done "to keep on the edge." In the first lecture, E. Paul Torrance spoke of his experiences in using his networks to stimulate and keep the creative process flowing. The other areas were creative problem solving (Sidney J. Parnes), the psychology of thinking (Donald J. Treffinger), intergenerational influences (Robert D. Strom), visioning (Joe Khatena), questioning (Garnet Millar), philosophy and ethics (Joseph P. Hester), the Beyonders (Kobus Neethling), and motivation (Dorothy A. Sisk). Volume II will be entitled Going Beyond the Edge. The first ten lectures were by scholars who had taken us to the edge, and kept us on the edge. It takes people who are free to use their imaginations, like novelists, humorists, actors and actresses, inventors, artists, dancers, and those in other creative areas.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Russell H. Yearny
  • Preface by E. Paul Torrance
  • Creative Teaching by E. Paul Torrance
  • Creative Problem Solving by Sidney J. Parnes
  • Teaching Thinking by Donald J. Treffinger
  • Parents and Grandparents as Teachers by Robert D. Strom
  • Empowerment by Irving S. Sato
  • Imagery by Joe Khatena
  • Questioning by Garnet Millar
  • Applying Current Research by Joesph P. Hester
  • The Beyonders by Kobus Neethling
  • Motivation by Dorothy A. Sisk
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index
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