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Amber Beisly; Anne Moffitt – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
When children engage in play, they develop essential skills like creativity, flexibility, imagination, and problem-solving. Children who engage in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) activities also build similar skills. Both play and STEAM enable children to ask questions, try different solutions, and develop explanations for…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Art Activities, Creative Development, Creativity
Kettler, Todd; Lamb, Kristen N.; Mullet, Dianna R. – Prufrock Press Inc., 2018
"Developing Creativity in the Classroom" applies the most current theory and research on creativity to support the design of teaching and learning. Creative thinking and problem solving are at the heart of learning and application as students prepare for innovation-driven careers. This text debunks myths about creativity and teaching…
Descriptors: Creativity, Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Problem Solving
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Cheung, Rebecca Hun Ping – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2018
Hong Kong's policy and curriculum guide advocates the development of creativity, and stresses the importance of child-centred and play-based practices in preschools. Effective pedagogical approaches for creativity reform should reflect a sociocultural perspective. This study aimed to compare the pedagogical effects of two teaching approaches, in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Play, Creative Development, Teaching Methods