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The Manifesto A Guide to Developing a Creative Career
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E. Paul Torrance
ISBN: 1-56750-646-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-56750-646-4
152 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 8/30/2002
List Price: $98.95 (UK Sterling Price: £68.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: More than 40 years ago, E. Paul Torrance undertook to study creativity in students and study whether it would predict their creative achievements as adults. He and his colleagues wanted to determine what other factors influence, predict, encourage or sustain their creativity over time. There has never been a longitudinal study of creativity of this magnitude. Its findings will be useful to, and have implications for, several audiences: parents, teachers, counselors—especially vocational counselors—university and college instructors, and educational administrators.

The Manifesto for Children was developed on the basis of the responses of 215 young adults who had attended two elementary schools in Minnesota from 1958 to 1964. They had been administered some creativity tests each year, and they were followed up in 1980. On the basis of their questionnaire responses, the Manifesto was developed to describe their ongoing struggle to maintain their creativity and use their strengths to create their careers and to provide guidance to children. In 1998, they were followed up to assess their creative achievements and to validate the Manifesto. Some of the participants had attained eminence, while others had attained only mediocre careers.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Bonnie Cramond
    Preface
    The Origin of the Manifesto
    Background and Overview
    Procedures and Subjects of the 40-Year Study
    Major Statistical Results
    Falling in Love with Your Work
    Learning to Know Your Greatest Strengths
    Expectations and Playing Your Own Game
    Being Well-Rounded
    Loving the Work You Do
    Learning the Skills of Interdependence and Sharing Your Infinite Creativity
    Appendix: Beyonder Checklist
    References
    Subject Index
    Name Index
About the Author: E. PAUL TORRANCE is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the University of Georgia, where he served as head of the Department of Educational Psychology, Measurement, and Research. He is best known as the developer of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking.
LCC Class: 370
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