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Sidney J. Parnes (January 5, 1922 – August 19, 2013) was an American academic who was professor at Buffalo State College (located in Buffalo, New York ) and co-founder of the International Center for Studies in Creativity. The Center is housed within the Buffalo State College , one of the only places in the world that offers a Masters of Science degree in Creativity . The department also offers a distance learning version of the undergraduate degree in Creative Studies. [1]
Parnes was a lifetime trustee of the Creative Education Foundation (CEF). [2] He joined the CEF in 1955 in order to help develop a comprehensive educational program for CEF’s Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI) , which is the world’s longest-running international creativity conference. In 1966, CEF founder Alex Osborn died, leaving Parnes to head the Foundation. [3]
Parnes and Alex Osborn developed the Creative Problem Solving Process (CPS), a structured method for generating solutions to problems. [4] This method is taught annually at the International Center for Creativity Studies, [5]the Creative Problem Solving Institute [6] and the CREA Conference in Europe.
Selected works
- Parnes, Sidney J. (1997-09-01). OPTIMIZE the Magic of Your Mind . Bearly Limited. ISBN 978-0-943456-41-6 .
- Parnes, Sidney J. (Ed.) (December 1992). Source Book for Creative Problem Solving: A Fifty Year Digest of Proven Innovation Processes . Creative Education Foundation. ISBN 978-99945-974-9-9 .
- Parnes, Sidney J. (December 1992). Visionizing . Creative Education Foundation. ISBN 978-0-930222-88-8 .
- Parnes, Sidney J. (1992). Visionizing: State-of-the-art processes for encouraging innovative excellence . Creative Education Foundation Press.
- Parnes, Sidney J. (1988). Visionizing: State-of-the-Art Processes for Encouraging Innovative Excellence . DOK Publishers. ISBN 0-88047-156-5 .
- Parnes, Sidney J. (June 1985). Facilitating Style of Leadership . Bearly Limited. ISBN 978-0-943456-08-9 .
- Parnes, Sidney J. (June 1981). Magic of Your Mind . Creative Education Foundation.
- Parnes, Sidney J .; Ruth B. Noller (1977-02-01). Guide to Creative Action . Charles Scribner’s Sounds. ISBN 978-0-684-14888-5 .
- Parnes, Sidney J. (1976). Assessing Creative Growth: Measured Changes Book 2 . Creative Education Foundation.
- Parnes, Sidney J. (1975). Aha! Insights Into Creative Behavior . DOK Publishers.
- Parnes, Sidney J. (1974). Toward Supersanity: Channeled Freedom . DOK Publishers.
- Parnes, Sidney J. (June 1972). Creativity: Unlocking Human Potential . Creative Education Foundation. ISBN 978-0-914634-05-8 .
- Parnes, Sidney J. (1967). Creative Behavior Guidebook . Charles Scribner’s Sounds.
- Parnes, Sidney J. (1966). Programming Creative Behavior . State University of New York.
- Parnes, Sidney J. (Ed.) (June 1962). A Source Book for Creative Thinking . Scribner. ISBN 978-0-684-10448-5 .
- Parnes, Sidney J. (1961). Student workbook for creative problem-solving races and institutes . University of Buffalo.
- Parnes, Sidney J. (1960). Instructors manual for semester courses in creative problem solving . Creative Education Foundation.
References
- Jump up^ “Sidney J. Parnes, leader in creativity, creative studies – Obituaries” . The Buffalo News. 2013-08-28 . Retrieved 2014-07-17 .
- Jump up^ “Board of Trustees” . Creative Education Foundation. Archived from the original on 2007-10-09 . Retrieved 2007-12-22 .
- Jump up^ “History of the Creative Education Foundation” . Creative Education Foundation. Archived from the original on 2007-10-09 . Retrieved 2007-12-22 .
- Jump up^ Hurson, Tim (2007). Think Better: An Innovator’s Guide to Productive Thinking . New York, New York: McGraw-Hill. p. xi. ISBN 978-0-07-149493-9 .
- Jump up^ “ICSC Course Descriptions” . International Center for Studies in Creativity . Retrieved 2007-12-22 .
- Jump up^ “Creative Problem Solving Institute” . Creative Education Foundation . Retrieved 2007-12-22 .