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| Creative Development | 2 |
| Creativity | 2 |
| Young Children | 2 |
| Cognitive Processes | 1 |
| Cultural Influences | 1 |
| Dramatic Play | 1 |
| Early Childhood Education | 1 |
| Educational Research | 1 |
| Influences | 1 |
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| Mellou, Eleni | 2 |
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Peer reviewedMellou, Eleni – Early Child Development and Care, 1994
Reviews literature on the transformational nature of creativity, in which the individual, during and after interacting with his or her environment, takes information provided by the culture and transforms it based on previous experience. Notes that young children can develop transformational ability through dramatic play in which they are involved…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Development, Creativity, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewedMellou, Eleni – Early Child Development and Care, 1994
Reviews research on adult intervention in children's dramatic play, citing theorists and researchers who believe that intervention is not useful at all; a balance can be struck between intervention and nonintervention; and only tutors should intervene to increase children's creativity. Concludes that most research supports appropriate intervention…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Dramatic Play, Early Childhood Education
