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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
Cool Community Colleges: Creative Approaches to Economic Development
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Rosenfeld, Stuart – American Association of Community Colleges (NJ3), 2006
Community colleges have long been recognized for their success in providing affordable access to higher education for all and for serving the nation's workforce needs. Their substantial civic and cultural contributions are now also capturing the attention of businesses and of policymakers at the highest levels of government. Why? Because research…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Development, Creativity, Creative 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
Bambini: Early Care in Education in Pistoia, Italy, A Child-Friendly City. [Videotape].
Edwards, Carolyn Pope; Gandini, Lella; Peon-Casanova, Luis; Danielson, Jim – 2003
Noting that Maria Montessori pioneered early childhood education (ECE) reform in Italy, and the surge in innovation in ECE after WWII, this videotape describes the early childhood system in the city of Pistoia, Italy, known for its high-quality and innovative services. The 30-minute video offers footage from 2 of the 9 full-day infant toddler…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Classroom Environment, Creative Development, Early Childhood Education
A Curriculum Development Handbook for Early Childhood Educators.
Siraj-Blatchford, Iram, Ed. – 1998
This book is designed to be of interest to anyone working or intending to work with 3- to 6-year-old children. The book draws on the knowledge of staff involved in early childhood education courses at the Institute of Education, University of London, and other experts in early childhood education, integrating research and theory in various subject…
Descriptors: Child Development, Computer Uses in Education, Creative Development, Curriculum Design
Essentials of Educational Psychology.
Duric, Ladislav – 1989
Children mature into adults through their own activities and the influence of their social environment. One such social influence, education, is purposeful, planned, and institutionalized. Educational psychology investigates the psychological foundations of this process, particularly in the development of humankind. The publication focuses on such…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Developmental Psychology, Educational Psychology