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STEAM Learning Centers: A Tool for Early Childhood Education
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Tiffany N. Berman – Voices of Reform, 2023
The demand for workers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers is increasing in the United States. This increase has led to a growing urgency to implement STEM education in classrooms, including early childhood. STEM education is necessary to help students develop the skills to succeed in STEM careers. Integrating the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Early Childhood Education, Learning Centers (Classroom), Discovery Learning
Linking Disparate Strands: A Critical Review of the Relationship between Creativity and Education
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Bruce S. Rawlings; Sarah J. Cutting – Educational Psychology Review, 2024
Whether schools help or hinder creativity is a topic of vibrant, international debate. Some contend that the focus on structure, rote learning and standardised assessments associated with formal education stifles children's creativity. Others argue that creativity, much like numeracy or literacy, is a skill that can be taught, and educational…
Descriptors: Creativity, Education, 21st Century Skills, Creative Thinking
Design of Affectively Evocative Smart Ambient Media for Learning
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Kwok, Ron Chi-Wai; Cheng, Shuk Han; Ip, Horace Ho-Shing; Kong, Joseph Siu-Lung – Computers & Education, 2011
This study proposes a teaching and research initiative, named SAMAL (Smart AMbience for Affective Learning) that will provide a unique ambient mediated environment for integrating cognitive and affective approaches to enhance learning. Also, this study illustrates a design of SAMAL classroom with affectively evocative scenarios for learning de…
Descriptors: Creativity, Information Management, Learner Engagement, Psychoeducational Methods
Your Indoor Spaces
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Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2007
In the July 24, 2007 edition of "ExchangeEveryday", readers were asked to submit great indoor space elements from their early childhood programs. Readers sent photographs and brief descriptions of creative elements of their indoor environments. A sampling of ideas are shown on this article.
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Space Utilization, Classroom Environment, Discovery Learning
On Blocks and Broccoli: How to Organize Your Classroom.
Alexander, Nancy – Early Childhood News, 1996
Compares the organization of supermarkets to classroom environments. Emphasizes the efficient use of space with the use of containers, keeping materials in place, and grouping objects together. Provides suggestions on the use of color and adding storage space. (MOK)
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Color Planning, Creativity
The Effects of Classroom Spatial Organisation on Four- and Five-Year-Old Children's Learning.
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Nash, B. C. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1981
In a three-year cumulative study, more than 1,000 children were observed either in randomly arranged preschool classrooms or in classrooms deliberately arranged to promote learning. Creativity, oral language use, and development of science and number concepts were significantly higher for children in the specially planned classrooms. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Comparative Analysis, Creativity, Facility Utilization Research
Fostering Creativity in the Early Childhood Classroom.
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Smith, Mary K. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1996
Defines creativity as the process of being original, spontaneous, and/or unique, using prior knowledge and available information to think or act in a new way. Creativity can be fostered by acceptance and encouragement, by an atmosphere of trust, and by selection of classroom activities and materials. Children need uninterrupted work time for…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques, Creative Activities