In this book an attempt had been made to incorporate the researches and finding pertaining to different facets of giftedness and creativity in abroad and by Indian writers. The book contains ninteen chapters - concept of giftedness. education of gifted, Nature of creativity, theories of creative, Guilford's modal of structure of intellect ; creativity. and intelligent children- A comparison. measurement of creativity. creativity and personality traits, creativogenic society, Brain and creativity brainstorming of deferrnd Judgement, synectics, attribute listing, morphological analysis, Bionics, stages of creativity, Inspiration and creativity, problem solving, Instructional material for promoting creativity, creative teaching-objectives, models and strategies and A study of Indian scientists and writers followed by useful references. The book is considered an Authority on the subject and forwarded by Prof.J.S. Rajput, founder chairman of N.C.T.E.
About the Author(S)
Dr. S.N. Tripathi, is a well-known scholar in the field of creativity. He has been working in this area since 1962, When, in the U.S.A., he come in contact with eminent psychologists and educationists like Torrance, Barron, Mac-kinnon, and other who had done pioneering work in creativity. On his return to India he joined the Regional College of Education as Reader and was later promoted to the post of Professor. He played a leadership role in disseminating information about creativity through seminars and workshops. He wrote a booklet Creativity and Education Which also helped in spreadaing the new finding pertaining to creativity. When Dr.Rais Ahmed started publishing Creativity Newsletter he was made a members of the editorial board. The author has published numerous papers on creativity. His book Pratibha aur Sarjanatmakta in Hindi become very popular. After Retirement received a grant from the U.G.C for writing the Present book.