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British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2020
Children's play experiences have a profound impact on all areas of their growth, learning, and development. Play Today: A Guide for Families describes ideas and examples of quality play experiences that can be offered to preschool and school-age children by their families and caregivers. This guide puts a focus on play-based learning for children…
Descriptors: Play, Child Development, Learning Processes, Inquiry
Arrington, T. Logan; Moore, Alison L.; Bagdy, Lauren M. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2021
This article presents the results of a collective case study exploring how K12 practitioners perceive the interaction of systems thinking, creativity, and learning from failure within their professional practice. In order to identify K12 practitioners who were well-versed in systems thinking, we targeted students within an instructional design and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Case Studies, Creativity, Kindergarten
Scharber, Cassandra; Peterson, Lana; Baskin, Katie; Cabeen, Jessica; Gustafson, Derik; Alberts, John – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2021
Our contribution to this issue features a K12 school district + university partnership related to technology integration, and explores the connections between technology, teacher learning, creative risk taking, and failure. Austin Public Schools (APS) and the LT Media Lab (LTML) have been engaged in a research-practice partnership (RPP) for seven…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, School Districts, Technology Integration, Creativity
Yeh, Yu-chu; Ting, Yu-Shan – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
Background: Creativity is an important ability for problem-solving in both personal life and academic learning. Few creativity studies have investigated the development of children's creativity in disadvantaged rural areas or compared the rural-urban differences through digital game-based creativity learning. Understanding such differences can…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Webb, Angela Naomi; Zhbanova, Ksenia S.; Rule, Audrey C. – Education 3-13, 2019
Narrowing of the curriculum because of standardised testing has caused creativity to be neglected in many schools; integration into reading instruction may provide a solution. This repeated measures study incorporated figural transformation drawings after a read-aloud of a book highlighting nutrition information as a way to both review book…
Descriptors: Fantasy, Literary Genres, Nonfiction, Books
British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2019
"Let's Play! Activities for Families" has been developed by the B.C. Ministry of Education for families and caregivers to support children's early learning experiences through playing and having fun. Each play activity connects with one of the Living Inquiries described in the "B.C. Early Learning Framework," which are: (1)…
Descriptors: Play, Child Development, Learning Processes, Inquiry
Bodrava, Elena; Leong, Deborah J. – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2018
The article describes Tools of the Mind--an instructional program developed 25 years ago and now implemented in a variety of early childhood settings across the United States and in Canada. Based on the principles of cultural-historical psychology, this program addresses developmental and learning needs of young children by offering a…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Student Needs, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Faculty Development
Flückiger, Bev; Dunn, Julie; Stinson, Madonna – Australian Journal of Education, 2018
This article reports on a study investigating young children's views about learning. The researchers engaged 200 Australian children from 3 to 8 years of age in conversations about how they liked to learn. In an attempt to privilege children's voices, the direct words of the participating children are used in the reporting of results. The children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Student Attitudes, Early Childhood Education
British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2019
The experiences of children's play have a profound impact on all areas of their growth and development. Memories of play can be vivid and detailed. These memories often have a treasured place in our hearts and minds. Educators and parents have a special opportunity to ask themselves, "What kind of memories of play do I hope for the children…
Descriptors: Play, Child Development, Learning Processes, Inquiry
Atkinson, Kim – British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2019
This revised Early Learning Framework is the culmination of a collaborative process that included early childhood educators, primary teachers, academics, Indigenous organizations, Elders, government, and other professionals. The first Early Learning Framework published in 2008 changed the landscape of early years practice in British Columbia. It…
Descriptors: Play, Child Development, Learning Processes, Inquiry
Jeffrey, Bob – Education 3-13, 2008
Making learning relevant involves many aspects of teaching such as attention to levels of maturity, individual inclinations, emotional, physical, aesthetic and cognitive activity and group dynamics. However, making learning relevant is not only a teacher led activity, for learners make activities relevant by the identification of connections with…
Descriptors: Identification, Student Development, Child Development, Teaching Methods
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
The aim of the 2018 International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) conference was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Burnard, Pamela; Craft, Anna; Cremin, Teresa; Duffy, Bernadette; Hanson, Ruth; Keene, Jean; Haynes, Lindsay; Burns, Dawn – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2006
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…
Descriptors: Creativity, Young Children, Learning, Teacher Researchers
British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2008
This document, British Columbia's Early Learning Framework, is intended to guide and support early childhood educators, StrongStart BC facilitators, early years professionals, service providers, communities and governments in providing rich early learning experiences for children from birth to kindergarten. The document may also be of interest for…
Descriptors: Play, Child Development, Learning Processes, Inquiry