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Wu, Jinting – Curriculum Inquiry, 2012
This article examines the uptake of "suzhi"--roughly glossed as "quality"--in China's recent curriculum reform called "suzhi jiaoyu" (Education for Quality) in the rural ethnic context of Qiandongnan. It engages with three layers of analysis. First is a brief etymological overview of "suzhi" to map out its…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Curriculum Development, Ethnography, Foreign Countries
Beghetto, Ronald A., Ed.; Kaufman, James C., Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2010
"Nurturing Creativity in the Classroom" is a groundbreaking collection of essays by leading scholars, who examine and respond to the tension that many educators face in valuing student creativity but believing that they cannot support it given the curricular constraints of the classroom. Is it possible for teachers to nurture creative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Creativity, Gifted, Motivation
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Wright, Susan – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 1995
Discusses the artistic characteristics of children ages two through six years and the culturally endorsed shift of emphasis from symbolic play to technical mastery during the course of their artistic development. Reviews teaching practices, educational resources, and teacher training in schools in Australia and the People's Republic of China in…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Comparative Analysis, Creative Development, Creative Thinking