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Andersson, Sven B. – Child Study Journal, 1995
Children from South Africa and Sweden were asked to draw their "future family." The drawings were compared to investigate whether or not children's human figure drawings reflect sociocultural variations. Cultural variations were found in terms of spatial relationships (social distance, occlusion, and size scaling). However, cultural…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
Wolf, Dennie – Child Care Information Exchange, 1991
Maintains that, when children engage in make-believe play, they not only derive enjoyment from it, but they also practice a wide range of basic skills that involve invention, imagination, independence, and language development. (BB)
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Basic Skills, Class Activities, Early Childhood Education
Child Care Information Exchange, 1991
Presents a set of questions that can be used to (1) assess the classroom or center as a play-promoting environment; (2) set goals for the play portion of the curriculum; (3) begin a discussion of play with other staff members; or (4) help teachers think about the play of particular children. (BB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Disabilities

Korthagen, Fred A. J. – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1993
Discusses several technical, psychological, and philosophical reasons for the underestimation of reflective teaching that make use of nonrational teacher behavior. Several techniques are described for the promotion of reflection on nonrational processes, such as the use of metaphors, drawing or painting, making photographs, and guided fantasy.…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Creative Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Kraus, Nancy S. – Book Links, 1998
Discusses how children's picture books can be used by the media specialist and in collaboration with the art teacher to engage children in artistic, imaginative activities. Presents an annotated bibliography of picture books which could be followed up with art activities in the library, classroom, art room, or at home. (AEF)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Art Activities, Childrens Literature, Creative Art

Ferrington, Gary – Journal of Visual Literacy, 1994
Explores the concept of "theater of the mind" and discusses design factors in creating audio works that effectively stimulate mental pictures, including: narrative format in audio scripting; qualities of voice; use of concrete language; music; noise versus silence; and the creation of the illusion of space using monaural, stereophonic,…
Descriptors: Audiences, Audio Equipment, Auditory Stimuli, Design Preferences
Jones, Jean Ellen – Learning, 1996
Playing make believe (metaphoric play) with elementary students can promote very real conversations about art. The paper explains how metaphoric play can help teach art. After collecting familiar art (posters, storybook art, etc.), the teacher creates reality-based scenarios to promote talk, then encourages students on to more far-fetched…
Descriptors: Art Education, Class Activities, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education
Jeon, Kyung-Won – Gifted Education International, 2000
A study investigated the effects of a creative thinking program on Korean gifted and typical preschoolers. Compared to a control group (n=40), the 40 program participants (both gifted and typical) performed significantly higher on tests of cognitive ability and creative abilities of originality, imagination, and fluency. (Contains six references.)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Foreign Countries
Buffin, Lilli-ann – Child Care Information Exchange, 2000
Encourages child care professionals to encourage creativity in all aspects of their programs including: (1) passion in pursuit of ideas and in hiring staff; (2) nurturing relationships; (3) good role modeling; (4) making the space and time for goal development; (5) focus on values; (6) time for play; and (7) maintaining a balanced life. (SD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Creative Activities, Creative Development, Creative Expression

Cross, Gillian – International Schools Journal, 1999
Offers thoughts on mastering creative writing, and why a good teacher is essential to the process. Asserts that students must ultimately satisfy themselves and not their teachers, and that a pupil's innermost imagination must be nurtured and given free-rein. Makes emphatic the view that good teaching is one of the most unselfish activities that…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Imagination, Student Development
Conroy, James C.; Davis, Robert A. – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2002
In this essay, the authors suggest that there is another, different and more ancient way of looking at the moral and social role of the teacher and the processes of education in which she is involved. This alternative perspective draws on older, more imaginative and complex sources of meaning than the latest Gallup poll or the latest adjusted…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Educational Change, Calculus, Educational Practices

Jarrold, Christopher – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2003
This article reviews the empirical evidence of difficulties in pretend play in children with autism. Data indicate individuals with autism have a marked difficulty in producing pretend play, a difficulty that is reduced by providing substantial structure to the play situation or by testing comprehension of pretense. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Autism, Creativity, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Aljughaiman, Abdullah; Mowrer-Reynolds, Elizabeth – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2005
Teachers' conceptions of creativity and creative students were investigated. Questionnaires were administered to elementary school teachers to examine their attitudes, beliefs, and current classroom practices. Teachers were found to possess inaccurate concepts regarding what constitutes creativity and revealed conflicts with the classroom…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Creativity, Misconceptions
Akrofi, Eric – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2005
In their introduction of "Music and the Racial Imagination," co-editors Ronald Radano and Philip Bohlman assert that although music is "saturated with racial stuff", "musicology--in its historical, structural-analytical, and ethnographic expressions--has sought to deny the racial dimension." Much as the author agrees…
Descriptors: Imagination, Race, Music Education, Music
Gould, Elizabeth – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2005
Regardless of race, gender, class, physical- and cognitive-ableness, as well as sexual orientation, to be musical in North American and western European societies is to be queer--particularly for men (Fuller and Whitesell, 2002), and maybe specifically for men, since women barely register in discussions of musicians. In this article, the author…
Descriptors: Imagination, Middle Class, Musicians, Sexual Orientation