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A Dynamic Learning Concept in Early Years' Education: A Possible Way to Prevent Schoolification
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Broström, Stig – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2017
In early childhood education and care, Nordic social pedagogy approach is challenged by a learning orientation that often results in unproductive "either/or" thinking. Therefore, based on the two approaches and by analysing several dimensions of Froebel's ideas and prevailing social-historical activity (play) theory, the author deduces…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Participation, Learning Activities, Creative Activities
Kyle and the Basilisk: Understanding Children's Writing as Play
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Boldt, Gail M. – Language Arts, 2009
In this article, Boldt considers decisions teachers must make about the value of children's writing as a form of play in primary classrooms. She offers a brief history of the framing of this question at 1966 Dartmouth Conference on English, focusing particularly on the perspective of Jimmy Britton. She highlights the relationship between Britton's…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Writing Instruction, Play, Comprehension
Drama Hike: Land of the Hully Gullies.
Jordison, Jerry – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 2001
The drama hike is a walk in the woods, in which children observe nature and engage in an imaginative search for a "lost civilization" or "strange creatures." Instructions cover scouting out the area beforehand, preparing the children, leading the hike, followup activities, suggestions for creative sites, ideas for language and…
Descriptors: Children, Creative Activities, Creative Development, Elementary Education
Toward a Theory of Creative Potential.
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Pickard, Eileen – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1990
This paper outlines cognitive processes underpinning creative ability, considers their development, and discusses the creative potential of the individual at various life stages. Creativity is viewed as an outcome of self-directed transformational activity. The roles of fantasy and imagination are discussed, as is the contrast between public and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Development, Creativity, Creativity Research
Enhancing Creative Performance in College Students.
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Greer, Martin; Levine, Elaine – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1991
This study compared the relative effectiveness of fantasy induction, intrinsic motivation induction, and combined fantasy/intrinsic motivation induction upon creative writing performance of 100 freshmen college students. All three methods enhanced the creativity of the students' poetry writing, with the conjunctive approach exhibiting no more…
Descriptors: College Students, Creative Development, Creative Writing, Creativity
Play and Non-Play Tutoring in Pre-School Children: Is It Play or Tutoring Which Matters?
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Smith, P. K.; Syddall, Susan – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1978
Previous studies on fantasy play tutoring are reviewed and research reported on the effect of the adult-child contact in this situation. Matched samples of preschoolers received either play or skills tutoring with equivalent tutor verbal contact. In these circumstances, differential advantages to the play-tutored children were few. (SJL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Creative Development, Fantasy, Interaction