The importance of creativity in education has been increasingly recognised by policy-makers and, as contemporary research argues, the way curricula are organised and implemented impact on children's creativity. Scotland has recently introduced a new curriculum, the 'Curriculum for Excellence' (CfE), but there has yet been no research on how the…

This creativity study of primary school children conducted in England, Scotland and Germany indicates that children of upper class families obtained significantly higher creativity scores (verbal and nonverbal) than children of middle and lower class families. Middle class children scored higher than lower class children. (Authors/JA)

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…

Part of a series for early years teachers in Scotland, this guide focuses on ways to provide creative opportunities that support and enhance child development. The guide discusses how to respect children's creativity while observing and developing their skills and suggests practical and creative alternatives to the mass production of identical…

Waldorf Education, founded by Rudolf Steiner in 1919, is based on the philosophy of critical idealism, in which teachers assist in the natural unfolding of children's preexistent possibilities. But because there has been little research on Waldorf Education, few data have been gathered on the effectiveness of its teaching methods and…