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Helen Burns – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2024
This paper presents a theoretical exploration of the relationship between imagination, cognition and metacognition, conceptualised within "emergent models." These models are offered to enable dialogue and tools to understand and support imagination in education practice, through the presence of ever-transforming theory, conceived as…
Descriptors: Imagination, Metacognition, Cognitive Processes, Correlation
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Anthia Michaelides; Eleni Loizou – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2024
Our theoretical framework is based on Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development focusing on adults' involvement in children's play and we argue that teachers' involvement is crucial in supporting children's play skills. Particularly, this study examines early childhood teachers' (ECTs) sociodramatic and imaginative play skills and their development…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Play, Teacher Role, Early Childhood Education
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Laura Claudia Johanna Pflieger; Christian Hartmann; Maria Bannert – Discover Education, 2024
In the rapidly evolving landscape of educational technologies, Immersive Virtual Reality (iVR) stands out as a transformative tool for teaching and learning. The learner must actively engage, particularly when visual and auditory knowledge information is presented simultaneously. Generative learning strategies support learners in processing and…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Knowledge Level, Information Technology, Imagination
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Vogt, Franziska; Hollenstein, Lena – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
Digitalisation and the accompanying transformation processes, involving data, technology and people, are part of children's life and will shape their future. Competences, such as digital skills, as well as creativity, communication, collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving are crucial to these transformation processes. In early…
Descriptors: Play, Imagination, Young Children, Kindergarten
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Saral, Dincer; Ulke-Kurkcuoglu, Burcu – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2022
We examined the effects of the least-to-most prompting (LTM) procedure with contingent imitation (CI) on increasing the frequency and diversity of pretend play in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) using a multiple probe across toy sets single-case research design. Three children with ASD ages 5 to 6 years took part in the study. LTM was…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Play, Imagination
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Fatma Miralay – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2024
The world of art, which is mostly based on manual dexterity, has endeavored to raise the new generation of students of the future with today's technology tools. Although art education continues to be up-to-date today, it has had to adapt to technological opportunities. In the face of artificial intelligence and augmented reality applications,…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Art Education
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Patricia Esther Alonso-Galicia; Adriana Medina-Vidal; Simona Grande – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2023
This work addresses the importance of innovation in entrepreneurial and business education to ensure that students develop the ability to make complex decisions and solve complex challenges. The intention was to incorporate the complexity theory in decision-making and problem-solving in business and entrepreneurship. To achieve this, we present…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Decision Making, Problem Solving, Thinking Skills
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Tsortanidou, Xanthippi; Daradoumis, Thanasis; Barberá-Gregori, Elena – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
An integrative literature review was conducted according to Coopers' guidelines in order to critique and integrate issues over the convergence among imaginative/Waldorf pedagogy, social-emotional learning and media literacy mindfulness in Primary and Secondary education. A comprehensive analysis of theoretical and empirical articles between 2005…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Media Literacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Imagination
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Hashmi, Salim; Vanderwert, Ross E.; Paine, Amy L.; Gerson, Sarah A. – Developmental Science, 2022
Doll play provides opportunities for children to practice social skills by creating imaginary worlds, taking others' perspectives, and talking about others' internal states. Previous research using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) found a region over the posterior superior temporal sulcus (pSTS) was more active during solo doll play…
Descriptors: Toys, Play, Social Cognition, Interpersonal Competence
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Doernberg, Ellen A.; Russ, Sandra W.; Dimitropoulos, Anastasia – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder marked by socio-emotional deficits, and difficulties with pretend play skills. Play skills are related to processes of adaptive functioning and emotion understanding. The present pilot study implemented an in-person pretend play intervention to school-aged children (ages 6 to 9 years,…
Descriptors: Play, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intervention
Ramona L. Crawford – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Amid a long period of deskilling in art school curricula, craft has been denigrated as inferior to art and confining for artists, but can craft liberate imagination? The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship between an adult learner's self-perceived capacity for imaginative expression in representational drawing and the…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Ethnography, Adult Learning, Art Education
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Buad Al Khales; Intisar Natsheh; Fathi Ihmeideh; Mina Kim – Education 3-13, 2024
This study aims to examine how five-year-old children demonstrate their learning through mathematical games in preschool settings in Palestine. It also explored the perspectives of children and teachers of different stages of play. The sample consisted of 90 children and 6 teachers. Children were guided to a wide range of mathematical games.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Educational Games, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
Burke, Anne – Stenhouse Publishers, 2018
Our youngest learners thrive when their learning environment is one that celebrates curiosity, exploration, and imagination. This comprehensive resource sets the stage for play-based learning that will help children build a strong literacy foundation as well as negotiate the choices they make in real life. Get your students off on the right foot…
Descriptors: Play, Emergent Literacy, Discovery Learning, Imagination
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Honig, Alice Sterling – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
Exercise times can enhance a variety of child learning goals and especially help some children with attention span difficulties to concentrate better on class lessons. Specific ways for teachers to create exercise sessions are suggested and how teachers can use exercise times to promote new word learning, creative imagination, as well as pride in…
Descriptors: Exercise, Skill Development, Young Children, Attention Span
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Emmeline E. Hoogland; Micha H. J. Ummels – Journal of Biological Education, 2024
In secondary science education, students often do not feel engaged with the scientific concepts that are taught, which hinders conceptual learning. This lack of engagement can be overcome by fictional placemaking. Therefore, the purpose of our design-based research is to explore how the creation and use of fictional places lead to meaningful…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Secondary School Students, Communities of Practice
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