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Stories in Different Domains of Child Development
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Gnjatovic, Dragana – Research in Pedagogy, 2015
This article is based on the results gained from the research about the perception teachers have about stories. The study was conducted in Sweden and the main purpose was to partially fulfil the requirements for Erasmus Mundus joint degree "International Master of Early Childhood Education and Care". In accordance with previous research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Entrepreneurial Learning in Swedish Preschools: Possibilities for and Constraints on Children's Active Participation
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Insulander, Eva; Ehrlin, Anna; Sandberg, Anette – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
The website of the Swedish National Agency for Education states that preschools are to promote entrepreneurial learning. Many Swedish preschools, therefore, have started to work consciously with entrepreneurial learning as a way of fostering pupils' creativity and ability to make their own decisions. This article investigates whether and how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Active Learning, Student Participation
Effects of Alcohol on Scientific Thought during the Incubation Phase of the Creative Process.
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Norlander, Torsten; Gustafson, Roland – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1996
This study of 60 Swedish university students examined whether or not acute alcohol intoxication inhibits or facilitates the incubation phase of the creative process. Results found that the participants in the alcohol group produced significantly more incubations in their diaries and significantly higher levels of originality. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Creative Development
Produkt, Fenomen, Upplevelse. Proceedings of a Nordic Symposium (Helsinki, Finland, November 7-9, 1996). Research in Sloyd Education and Crafts Science B:3.
Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, Pirita, Ed.; Uotila, Minna, Ed. – 1997
This anthology consists of 7 presentations given by invited speakers and 15 essays that show how crafts form both a theoretical and practical discourse that deals with the most varied individual, cultural, and behavioral phenomena. They involve the concept of sloyd, derived from a Swedish word, an umbrella term for making or crafting things by…
Descriptors: Craft Workers, Creative Development, Creativity, Culture
The Universal and the National in Preschool Education. Papers from the OMEP International Seminar (Moscow, Russia, December 4-7, 1991). YCF Series 3.
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Organisation Mondiale Pour l'Education Prescolaire, Warsaw (Poland). – 1993
This collection of 27 brief essays focuses on universal aspects of childhood and early childhood education, education for peace, model early childhood programs, and the development of children's thinking and creativity skills. The essays are: (1) "The Universal and the National in Preschool Education (Goutard); (2) "Preschool Childhood:…
Descriptors: Child Development, Creative Development, Cultural Influences, Demonstration Programs
Assessment To Increase Students' Creativity: Two Case Studies.
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Berglund, Anders; Daniels, Mats; Tengstrand, Anders; Hedenborg, Mathias – European Journal of Engineering Education, 1998
Discusses the use of assessment to stimulate creativity and communication skills in engineering students. Describes full-scale studies for students in engineering, physics, computer science, and mathematics at two universities in Sweden. New examination methods include continuous assessment, seminars, mini-conferences, oral presentations, written…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Educational Change, Educational Environment