education
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Teaching Creativity with TLC
Can creativity be taught? One New Zealand school shows how.
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Why Are We So Obsessed With Improving IQ?
Does knowing your IQ really matter? A response to David Hambrick's New York Times opinion piece, "I.Q. Points for Sale, Cheap."
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Who Creates The Innovator?
Is intelligence important to innovation? Who creates the innovator: The parent, the teacher, the mentor, or the innovator themselves? Can passion pay the bills? I tackle these questions and more as I review Tony Wagner's thought provoking book Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People That Will Change The World.
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Hobbies: the Personal Path to Creativity
A hobby is the first step toward cultivating personal creativity.
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Is Academia Inhospitable to Big Discoveries?
To tackle the brain, academia must be turned upside down.
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It Takes Two in the Innovation Tango
Collaboration plays an essential role in generating new ideas.
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Jonah Lehrer: The Literary Magician
A review of Imagine: How Creativity Works
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Problematizing Gifted Education, Part IV: Gifted Education without Gifted Students
In the final post of this series, I question whether the construct of the gifted student is necessary, or desirable, for the practice of gifted education.
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Can ‘Genius’ be Detected in Infancy?
Can high intelligence really be detected in infancy?
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Caine’s Arcade: a Beautiful Story About a Boy and His Creativity
Caine’s arcade is an inspiring 10 min documentary about a 9 year old boy (Caine) and how he built a cardboard arcade in East LA.
