episodes dedicated to
Creativity and Gifted Education
Our podcast collections bring together episodes focused on specific creativity and education topics, like our Gifted Education collection, which explores strategies, insights, and innovative approaches for nurturing creativity and talent in gifted students.
Collection Highlights
Equity in Gifted Education: Overcoming Barriers to Inclusion with Dr. Erinn F. Floyd
Exploring Creativity, Metacognition, and Gifted Education with Dr. Jeb Puryear
Exploring Cultural Creativity with Emerging Scholar with Corey Gray
How to Engage, Inspire, and Promote Creativity with Dr. Joe Renzulli
About This Collection
This special collection of Fueling Creativity in Education podcast episodes explores the diverse world of Talented and Gifted (TAG) education—also referred to as Gifted Education, education for Highly Capable Students, Advanced Learners, and Academically Exceptional Learners. Whether you’re an educator, parent, or policymaker, these episodes offer valuable insights into the strategies, challenges, and possibilities of supporting gifted and high-potential students.
Featured guests include some of the most influential voices in the field: Dr. Howard Gardner, creator of the Theory of Multiple Intelligences; Dr. Joseph Renzulli and Dr. Sally Reis, developers of the Schoolwide Enrichment Model; and Dr. Jonathan Plucker, a national leader in addressing excellence gaps.
Join hosts Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood as they explore how to better identify, nurture, and empower creative and high-potential learners in today’s educational landscape.
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Selected Episodes
Going Beyond the Grade: Cultivating Creativity and Curiosity in Education
In this episode of the Fueling Creativity in Education podcast, hosts Matthew Worwood and Cyndi Burnett are joined by Santosh Zachariah, an educator with a rich background in STEM fields and a passion for fostering creativity in his students. Santosh shares insights from his journey from civil engineering and software development to teaching and educational technology coordination. He underscores the importance of intrinsic motivation and the power of removing grades to cultivate meaningful learning experiences. The conversation delves into the challenges and strategies of creating grade-free environments, emphasizing student reflection and metacognition as tools to fuel curiosity and creativity. Santosh offers practical examples from his experience at the Evergreen School, where intrinsic motivation is prioritized to help students explore their interests and develop skills rather than simply achieving grades.
Equity in Gifted Education: Overcoming Barriers to Inclusion
Season 10, Episode 3 Equity in Gifted Education: Overcoming Barriers to Inclusion“ Across the nation. Each state has its own policy for gifted education. It would be wonderful if either there were a more uniform, equitable policy and mandate for gifted. Every state...
Rethinking Gifted Education and Twice-Exceptional Learners
Season 10, Episode 2 Unlocking Potential: Rethinking Gifted Education and Twice-Exceptional Learners“ And so just changing the word doesn't necessarily change everything about it, but I think it does make it a little bit easier to talk about, especially when you get...
Exploring Creativity, Metacognition, and Gifted Education
Season 10, Episode 1 Exploring Creativity, Metacognition, and Gifted Education“ Why not ask them to try to come up with their own questions as well? You know, try to come up with five questions. And so then that becomes, you can check them for fluency, you can look...
Exploring Cultural Creativity in Gifted Education
In this week’s episode of the Fueling Creativity in Education podcast, hosts Dr. Matthew Worwood and Dr. Cyndi Burnett introduce Corey Gray, a PhD candidate at the University of Georgia specializing in educational psychology and gifted education.
Measuring Creative Potential (by Domain) in Education
In part one of this double expresso episode of the Fueling Creativity in Education podcast, Dr. Todd Lubart, a distinguished creativity researcher and Professor of Psychology at Université de Paris, joins hosts Dr. Matthew Worwood and Dr. Cyndi Burnett in an insightful conversation about measuring creative potential in education.
Exploring Twice Exceptional Students and Mathematical Artistry
In this episode of the Fueling Creativity in Education Podcast, host Dr. Matthew Worwood and Dr. Cyndi Burnett speak with Kristin Lehman, Director of Educational Services at Hewitt Learning. Kristin discusses the concept of twice-exceptional learners, shedding light on the unique challenges and attributes of such students.
Educating and Nurturing Creative Potential in the Classroom
Season Four kicks off with a double expresso episode featuring Dr. Mark Runco, who unpacks creative potential, divergent thinking, and why nurturing creativity should be the true goal of education.
How to Engage, Inspire, and Promote Creativity in the Classroom
In this episode of the Fueling Creativity in Education podcast, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood speak with Dr. Joseph Renzulli, a world-renowned pioneer in gifted education, creativity, and teaching strategies.
Creativity, Multipotentiality, and Supporting Student Interests
Dr. Sally Reis discusses the importance of recognizing gifted and twice-exceptional students, the central role of creativity in gifted education, and how to better support women and girls in STEM.
Excellence Gaps, Creativity, and Learning Assessments in Education
In part one of this two-part interview, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood welcome Dr. Jonathan Plucker, President of the National Association for Gifted Children, for a double espresso conversation.
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