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Nurturing Creativity in the Classroom
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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
Learning in the Early Years 3-7. Second Edition
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Riley, Jeni, Ed. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2007
This second edition of "Learning in the Early Years 3-7" has been written to help early years practitioners understand and implement the U.K.'s new curriculum guidance document "The Foundation Stage". The author explains how to meet the requirements of the new Foundation Stage document and how these relate to the U.K.'s…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Models, Mathematics Education, Literacy
Approaches to the Nature of Educational Sloyd and Craft. Sloyd Competence in Nordic Culture. Part III. Research in Sloyd Education and Crafts Science B:2.
Lindfors, Linnea, Ed.; Peltonen, Juhani, Ed.; Porko, Mia, Ed. – 1996
These nine articles deal with basic philosophical questions concerned with the general nature of sloyd or with the educational aspect of sloyd. (Sloyd, derived from a Swedish word, is an umbrella term for making or crafting things by hand.) They report research on cultural questions related to goals and contents, ranging from sociocultural…
Descriptors: Craft Workers, Creative Development, Creativity, Culture
The Hundred Languages of Children: The Reggio Emilia Approach--Advanced Reflections. Second Edition.
Edwards, Carolyn, Ed.; Gandini, Lella, Ed.; Forman, George, Ed. – 1998
This collection of essays and interviews documents the unique approach to early childhood education taken by schools in the Reggio Emilia region of Italy. Howard Gardner and David Hawkins provide reflections in chapters that begin the book. The book is then divided into four major parts. Part I includes an introduction by Carolyn Edwards and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Community Role, Creative Development, Curriculum Development
The Early Years: Development, Learning and Teaching.
Boulton-Lewis, Gillian, Ed.; Catherwood, Di, Ed. – 1994
Designed for teachers, students, caregivers, and health professionals who work with children from birth to age 8, this book provides a review of recent research and theories of development and learning in the early childhood years, with an emphasis on implications for effective teaching. Where appropriate, the book takes an Australian perspective,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Creative Development, Early Childhood Education
The Hundred Languages of Children: The Reggio Emilia Approach to Early Childhood Education.
Edwards, Carolyn, Ed.; And Others – 1993
This collection of 18 essays and interviews documents the unique approach to early childhood education taken by schools in the Reggio Emilia region of Northern Italy for the last 30 years. The book is divided into four major parts. Part I includes an introduction by Carolyn Edwards and others, and the essay, "What Can We Learn From Reggio…
Descriptors: Art Education, Community Role, Creative Development, Curriculum Development