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Reunamo, Jyrki; Lee, Hui-Chun; Wang, Li-Chen; Ruokonen, Inkeri; Nikkola, Teemu; Malmstrom, Sanna – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
In this research, children's creativity in pretend play and the conditions for creativity during high involvement are studied from four points of view: as a zone for proximal development, as a skill, as a personal orientation and as a culturally shared environment creation. The theoretical model is influenced by Vygotsky's ideas of creativity as…
Descriptors: Creativity, Play, Observation, Skill Analysis
Lindfors, Linnea, Ed.; Peltonen, Juhani, Ed.; Porko, Mia, Ed. – 1996
These nine articles deal with basic philosophical questions concerned with the general nature of sloyd or with the educational aspect of sloyd. (Sloyd, derived from a Swedish word, is an umbrella term for making or crafting things by hand.) They report research on cultural questions related to goals and contents, ranging from sociocultural…
Descriptors: Craft Workers, Creative Development, Creativity, Culture
Organisation Mondiale Pour l'Education Prescolaire, Warsaw (Poland). – 1993
This collection of 27 brief essays focuses on universal aspects of childhood and early childhood education, education for peace, model early childhood programs, and the development of children's thinking and creativity skills. The essays are: (1) "The Universal and the National in Preschool Education (Goutard); (2) "Preschool Childhood:…
Descriptors: Child Development, Creative Development, Cultural Influences, Demonstration Programs