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ERIC Number: EJ395192
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Mentoring the Creative Child, Adult and Prodigy: Current Knowledge, Systems and Research.
Shaughnessy, Michael F.
Gifted Education International, v6 n1 p22-24 1989
The paper reviews literature on the process of mentoring the creative child, adult, or prodigy, and discusses differences in mentoring the "creatives" as opposed to other proteges. Emphasized are the importance of early identification of the creative child and the role of parents as mentors. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Creativity, Early Identification, Mentors, Parent Role, Talent Identification
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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