Dr. David Moya, AKA the Metaphor Master, AKA the art teacher of art teachers, hops on the line to talk about cultivating creativity…in our kids and in ourselves.

***TW: This one starts heavy and then gets lighter. The word suicidal appears in the first 6 minutes, so FF if needed.***

Honorable Mentions:

• Hope Floats
• Art can save your life
• Quantity yields quality when it comes to creativity (that’s just science)
• Lowenfeld’s Stages of Artistic Development
• Bender-Gestalt Test
• Dr. Gopnik’s The Gardener and the Carpenter
• Brain Targeted teaching model
• Immediate vs delayed feedback
• Alternative Uses Task (test for creativity/functional fixedness)
• How do you say “niche”?! (Fact check: both ways are right)
• Anais Nin on the process of becoming
• Studio Thinking
• Creativity as “the pursuit of trying to express what we already know” (TM David Moya)
• Why Are So Many Mathematicians Also Musicians?
• Thinking patterns of Experts vs. Novices
• Dunning-Krueger effect
• UHCL Art for Students on the Autism Spectrum (scroll down; Houston/Clear Lake TX area)  

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Dr. David Moya is an art educator and administrator in the Houston area. He has quickly amassed art education experience working with public schools, non-profits, and higher education. Having received his doctorate in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in STEM education, Dr. Moya is passionate about exploring authentic curricular connections with Arts and STEM (STEAM). He is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor and Director for the Art School for Children and Young Adults at the University of Houston – Clear Lake (UHCL).

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The Psychologists Podcast

Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens.

Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks).

Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program.

Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/