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Preschoolers' Intuitive Probabilistic Thinking during Outdoor Play
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Nikiforidou, Zoi; Jones, Jennie – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2023
Young children encounter uncertainty and challenges on a daily basis; through their intuitions, experiences and experimentation they construct knowledge, skills and dispositions towards probabilistic concepts. The aim of this exploratory ethnographic study is to identify how young children engage with probabilistic thinking and reasoning while…
Descriptors: Play, Preschool Children, Outdoor Education, Problem Solving
The Promise and the Promises of Making in Science Education
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Bevan, Bronwyn – Studies in Science Education, 2017
"Making" is a rapidly emerging form of educational practice that involves the design, construction, testing, and revision of a wide variety of objects, using high and low technologies, and integrating a range of disciplines including art, science, engineering, and mathematics. It has garnered widespread interest and support in both…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Science Education, Design, Problem Solving
Oliver Herring's TASK in the Classroom: A Case for Process, Play, and Possibility
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Gillespie, Jethro – Art Education, 2016
Oliver Herring, the creator of TASK, defines it as: "[a]n improvisational event with a simple structure and very few rules... TASK's open-ended, participatory structure creates almost unlimited opportunities for a group of people to interact with one another and their environment. TASK's flow and momentum depend on the tasks written and…
Descriptors: Play, Role, Learning Experience, Problem Solving
Developing Creativity from School and Home Experiences: How Parents and Educators Influence Students' Creative Literacy Practices
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Fisher, Sharyn – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation looks at the nature of creativity and what it takes to create a creative environment between the home environment and the elementary classrooms. Children make meaning best through play, creativity and problem-solving; this theory is built on Vygotsky's zone of proximal development (1978) alongside schema theory and Sternberg…
Descriptors: Creativity, Elementary School Students, Emergent Literacy, Play
The Challenges and Possibilities of a Narrative Learning Approach in the Finnish Early Childhood Education System
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Hakkarainen, Pentti – International Journal of Educational Research, 2008
Finnish curriculum guidelines for early education emphasise play and creative activities as significant factors in healthy child development. Constructivist theory loosely frames the guidelines, but the recommended approach lacks precise developmental goals. Since 1996, we have carried out a narrative learning project with vertically integrated…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Play, Early Childhood Education, Creative Activities
Creative Thinking in Five- and Six-Year-Old Kindergarten Children.
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Gonen, Mubeccel – International Journal of Early Years Education, 1993
Sixty kindergarten children were studied to determine the effect of age and sex on creativity. No significant difference was found between the girls' and boys' creativity scores, but, as expected, the 6-year olds scored higher than the 5-year olds. Recommends providing opportunities for creative activity for children at home and school. (TJQ)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Creative Activities, Creative Thinking, Creativity