Creativity and Equity: The Legacy of E. Paul Torrance as an Upstander for Gifted Black Males

Urban Review

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 518-538

  Grantham, Tarek C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; E. Paul Torrance; Equity; Gifted Black males; Gifted education policy; Upstander

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886748421     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-013-0257-2     Document Type: Article

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