Cultivating Multiple Creative Talents in Students
Calvin W. Taylor University of Utah
This article describes the multiple talent approach to developing abil- ities in students. The background of the approach is discussed, along with the Talents Unlimited Project, assessment of multiple talent, and the appropriate curricular approach to developing full potential.
Teachers can now take a feasible and fascinating challenge of acti- vating and cultivating multiple talents in their students. In return, they will receive enriching experiences and other rewards by using this high-tech, high-touch approach for developing their students. As a further step they can teach their students how to use each talent conventionally on the one hand and creatively on the other. In many ways, the students can become very versatile and efficient by en- riching their repertoire of how to function effectively throughout their schooling and later adult years. The teacher can be rightfully proud for having made a vital creative investment in the student’s and the nation’s future. Those who leave the conventional teaching route to take this as yet less-traveled-but creative teaching route, can find that it will make a great difference in their teaching, their students, and themselves.
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