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Direct linkFleer, Marilyn; Peers, Chris – Australian Educational Researcher, 2012
Renewed emphasis in Western political and economic debate on improving outcomes and reducing play opportunities are resulting in a "cognitivisation" of early childhood education, which is at odds with parallel attention to outcomes for creativity and imagination. Defining this "cognitivisation" as a narrowing of acceptable performance descriptions…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Play, Creativity
