Drawing on research that sought to explore the characteristics of "Possibility Thinking" as central to creativity in young children's learning, this paper considers question-posing and question-responding as the driving features of "Possibility Thinking" (PT). This qualitative study employed micro-event analysis of peer and…

Describes the use of an ethnomethodological approach to track the experiences and perceptions of 18 British educators enrolled in a postgraduate course on fostering learner creativity. Among seven themes identified are: high value placed on "relationship"; the belief that self-esteem and self-confidence need to be nourished for creative…

Drawing on existing work in the area of creativity and early years education, this paper maps the process of an exploratory study which sought to identify what characterizes "possibility thinking" as an aspect of creativity in young children's learning. With the aim of developing a framework for identifying "possibility…