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Dennis Atkinson – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2025
This paper addresses the importance of creativity, speculative imagination and the production of novelty in pedagogic practices in art education and art practice. These terms refer to always incomplete assemblages or agencements of experiencing. Whitehead's ideas on imagination, speculation and propositions are linked with Stengers's work on…
Descriptors: Imagination, Creative Thinking, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Aesthetics
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Tom Doust; Jess Joyson – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2025
This article presents an exploration of imagination as a fundamental and often undervalued aspect of human cognition emphasising its crucial role in fostering creativity. Acknowledging the challenges associated with researching imagination and its role in children's learning, the authors explore imagination through the lens of eight core…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Imagination, Cognitive Development
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Gray Atherton; Rhys Hathaway; Ingela Visuri; Liam Cross – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) are increasingly used in therapeutic and educational settings to improve the well-being of autistic people. This study investigated the potential of TTRPGs to provide a safe space where autistic adults could develop relationships with others while also engaging in character and world-building. Eight autistic…
Descriptors: Games, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adults, Interpersonal Relationship
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Vlad Glaveanu; Penny Hay; Hannah McDowall; Tom Doust; Shannon Welles; Goldie Chaudhuri; Anne Pender; Mairéad Hurley – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2025
Ecologies of collective imagination involve creating and sharing imagination practice. This modest piece of research engaged 10 artists, environmentalists, and educators to think together about how nature can be a source and a driver of the imagination and sense of possibility for individuals and communities. Together we focused on the concept of…
Descriptors: Ecology, Cooperative Learning, Imagination, Creative Thinking
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Thada Jantakoon; Kitsadaporn Jantakun; Thiti Jantakun – Higher Education Studies, 2025
This study aimed to synthesize and evaluate a STEAM Learning Ecosystem on Gamification System to Promote Innovators. The research was conducted in three phases: (1) synthesis, (2) development of the learning ecosystem, and (3) expert evaluation. The resulting ecosystem comprises three main elements: (1) STEAM Learning Ecosystem (Instructor,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Art Education, Gamification, Innovation
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Aysun Gündogan – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2025
Preschoolers have different experiences in different environments. These experiences can stimulate children's imaginations. This longitudinal study examines the impact of preschool children's three-year experiences in early childhood institutions, which are their primary educational environments. The question 'Do preschoolers imagine different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Experience, Imagination
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Jaysveree Louw; Heidi Claassens – Journal of Education and Learning, 2025
This theoretical article examines the crucial role of play-based learning (PBL) in enhancing the mathematical skills of children in the Early Childhood Phase, referred to as Foundation Phase (Grade R-3) learners, within a South African context. The article argues that the traditional approach to teaching early childhood mathematics, where teachers…
Descriptors: Play, Mathematics Skills, Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods
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Seungho Moon – Journal of Museum Education, 2025
This paper incorporates an interview between a curriculum specialist and a court judge that examines the value and influence of integrating esthetic education, specifically through object-based inquiry (OBI), into judiciary education. Esthetic experiences, when combined with reflective and thoughtful discussions, enhance legal professionals'…
Descriptors: Legal Education (Professions), Judges, Justice, Creative Thinking
Sofia Bertolaja; Said Ettejjari; Natalie Foster – OECD Publishing, 2025
Recognising the importance of developing creativity in education, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) included an assessment of creative thinking for the first time in its 2022 cycle -- with the results summarised in the PISA 2022 Results (Volume III) report. While that report focused on comparing countries' performance on…
Descriptors: Imagination, Concept Formation, Story Telling, Design
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Niklas Pramling; Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2025
This study presents the research that Pramling Samuelsson's keynote at the 32nd annual EECERA conference in Brighton 2024 drew upon. The study addresses an important but understudied feature of early childhood education and care for sustainability (ECECfS), namely engaging children in prospective or what-if thinking. Our reasoning is founded on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Reading Aloud to Others, Imagination