Understanding Creativity

by Jane Piirto

In this book, parents and teachers will find many suggestions for enhancing a child's creativity. Understanding Creativity offers advice on how to plan adventures, value work without evaluation, set a creative tone, and incorporate creativity values intoone's own family or classroom culture. Readers will learn how to spot talent through a child's behaviors and how to encourage practice. Real-life examples of artists, musicians, dancers, entrepreneurs, architects, and authors are included. --From publisher's description.

Genres: Nonfiction, Research

521 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Peaches]

I found the first half of the book really useful in Piirto's passion for creativity, connection of creativity and emotions, and the 7 I's. I'll definitely refer to it in my research despite it being a dated text. The second half with creative inventors, etc. seemed more dated and was less useful for me since I do creative work with students.

[Michelle Smart]

Had some good information, but there was some bad logic and pompous language that turned new off.