Understanding Those Who Create [Paperback]

Jane Piirto (Author, Preface)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1998

Understanding Those Who Create, 2nd Edition Parents' Choice Award, 1998 ABPA Glyph Award, 1998

This award-winning edition is Dr. Piirto's most recent revision of her critically acclaimed research regarding creativity and talent development. This very readable book has been expanded to include biographical material and life patterns of the creatively gifted, such as artists, writers, scientists, musicians, entrepreneurs, actors, and dancers.

Dr. Piirto also provides ways for parents or educators to enhance and stimulate creativity, particularly in children.

Adults who struggle with creativity in their children or themselves will find help in this thorough, down-to-earth book.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A genuine magnum opus on creativity!" -- Dr. James Alvino, Parenting for High Potential

"A genuine magnum opus on creativity!...A comprehensive and readable book. A very creative and welcome addition to the literature." -- Dr. James Alvino, Editor, Parenting for High Potential

"Not just for professional educators only, this comprehensive manual on creativity will inform and delight parents and home educators as well." -- NAGC Parent-Community News

"Piirto brings a unique perspective on the study of creativity....Her chapters are alive with special insights." -- Dr. Rena Subotnick, Hunter College, New York

About the Author

Jane Piirto, Ph.D.

Dr. Piirto is Trustee's Professor of Graduate Education at Ashland University in Ohio. She has written more than one hundred articles, poems, and short stories, and has eight books published. Dr. Piirto has been a speaker and teacher in Europe, Asia, and South American, and has received two Individual Artist Fellowships and a Fullbright grant.

Product Details

• Paperback: 444 pages
• Publisher: Great Potential Press; 2 edition (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0910707278
• ISBN-13: 978-0910707275
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,843,330 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book on creativity, October 17, 2003

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This review is from: Understanding Those Who Create (Paperback)

Understanding Those Who Create by Jane Piirto. Dayton, OH: Ohio Psychology Press, 1992.
This is an excellent book for those who are interested in, yet new to the field of creativity. The author starts out by dealing with definitions and assessments of creativity and then goes on to present research about the characteristics of creative individuals within various fields such as visual artists, creative writers, creative scientists, mathematicians, musicians, and composers. This book is recommended for educators and parents.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Understand Yourself, April 10, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Understanding Those Who Create (Paperback)

Dr. Piirto's book is fascinating. If you are an artist or a business person, this book is for you. Understand yourself and those you love. Find out why writers suffer from bipolar disorder and alcoholism. Discover the personality that propels Bill Gates and other business dynamos. Figure out where you fit in and why you do what you do.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, thorough, easy to read primer on creativity., January 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Understanding Those Who Create (Paperback)

I had heard Dr. Piirto speak at conferences, and was delighted to get this second edition of her book. I was even more pleased to see that it had won the Parent's Guide Award. I often had wondered about tests for creativity, and whether our schools really nurtured it. This book is provocative in those areas, as well as regarding how creative adults in different occupational areas differ in personality and family background experiences. An excellent and fascinating book!