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Sciaroni, Rose – Philosophy of Music Education Review, 2019
In the pedagogy of Western classical string music, creativity is often viewed according to the works of luminary composers, suggesting the question: how might string teachers, students, and musicians conceive of creativity? After problematizing standard definitions and ontological ideas of musical creativity, I outline an open model using the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Music, Music Education, Creativity
Bradley, Joff P.N. – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2019
This transversal and transilient thought-experiment explores the application and significance of Japanese animism for environmental education and environmental philosophy. Through the exploration of indigenous knowledge found in Japanese folklore and Japanese Buddhism, the thought-experiment offers a critique of a certain strand of contemporary…
Descriptors: Criticism, Folk Culture, Buddhism, Environmental Education
Koh, Aaron; Ziqi, Li – Oxford Review of Education, 2022
The enrolment of Chinese middle-class children in elite international kindergartens is a big education industry in China. Our paper is situated in the broader sociology of elite schooling which has yet to fully explore how middle and upper middle-class parents are increasingly sending their children to elite international kindergartens. We present…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, International Schools, Reputation
Lam, Ka Yan – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2022
This article presents the findings of a university reading and writing workshop on fairy-tale reimaginations. Fairy-tale reimaginations, understood as rewriting fairy tales using alternative narrative techniques, can be introduced into a literacy classroom where learners read reimagined fairy tales that stimulate their critical response and…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Fairy Tales, Teaching Methods, Writing Workshops
Bracken, Elspeth – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2018
This essay considers the assumption that the study of English involves engaging students' imaginations to explore a range of interpretations and hypothesise about meaning. It goes on to explore the reading positions of two students in a Year 10 class, who were studying "A Christmas Carol" at GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary…
Descriptors: Moral Values, English Literature, Secondary School Students, Novels
Lysaker, Judith – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2018
In this article, I consider expanding meaningfulness in literacy research by exploring the possibilities offered by a relational perspective on literacy and its study. An interdisciplinary relational perspective is outlined and used to rethink what happens when we engage in reading and writing. Questions guiding this exploration include: What…
Descriptors: Literacy, Educational Research, Reading Comprehension, Reader Text Relationship
Arlandis, Sergio; Reyes-Torres, Agustín – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2018
This article approaches the study of children's literature as a threshold of change that allows readers to explore the reality around them, imagine other worlds and understand other perspectives. Based on the notion of the child's cognitive development organized into four stages--pre-reading, fantastic stage, fantastic-realistic stage and…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Self Concept, Imagination, Child Development
Almahameed, Atef Adel; Almahameed, Nusaiba Adel; Rabea, Reem; Alshamare, Imad-edden Nayif M A'leade – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
This paper is aimed at interpreting Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Masque of the Red Death' (1842) and its portrayal of death in relation to the Holy Qur'an and Arabic literary heritage. This reading provides new insights into the understanding of the story. The paper argues that Poe's story and its depictions of death allows for a transtextual analysis…
Descriptors: Literature, Islam, Death, Semitic Languages
Tanner, Sam; Miller, Erin – Critical Questions in Education, 2018
This conceptual framework investigates the symbol of the castle in the American imagination as one site of memory that contributes to white supremacy through childhood play. The authors conceive of long-form improvisation in relation to childhood play to imagine new pedagogical installments that might teach children to resist the hegemonic symbol…
Descriptors: Play, Whites, Racial Bias, Young Children
Glass, Tom – English Teaching Forum, 2016
When students generate mind maps, or concept maps, the maps are usually on paper, computer screens, or a blackboard. Human Mind Maps require few resources and little preparation. The main requirements are space where students can move around and a little creativity and imagination. Mind maps can be used for a variety of purposes, and Human Mind…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, English Instruction, Teaching Methods, Learning Activities
Moghaddam, Sedigheh Sherkat; Abai, Andia – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The prevalent question raised in literary theories has been the quiddity of literature. However, the question of "what is literature?" is a philosophical issue. On the other hand, the relationship between myth and literature has always been raised by most scholars and many have considered literature a subtype of myths. In this paper,…
Descriptors: Mythology, Literature, Imagination, Educational Theories
Tesar, Marek; Koro-Ljungberg, Mirka – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2016
Strangers, Gods, and monsters are all names for the experience of alterity and otherness within and amongst us. We need monsters in our lives. In this paper we use philosophy as a method to explore language, developmental and cultural instabilities, and terrifying (and discursive) monstrosity located within children's literature and childhood…
Descriptors: Philosophy, Discourse Analysis, Imagination, Childrens Literature
Keskin, Burhanettin – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
In this paper, one of the most popular children's picture books, Harold and the Purple Crayon, is examined in terms of philosophical and religious viewpoints. Harold, a young inquisitive boy, seemingly travels in his world in which he finds himself dealing with various situations. Harold's adventure with his purple crayon reminds us the…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Picture Books, Philosophy, Religious Factors
Stevens, Jenny Sheffer – Teaching Artist Journal, 2017
A narrative reflection on the relationship between physical life and creativity, and exploration of yoga as a foundational tool for imaginative empowerment.
Descriptors: Creativity, Relaxation Training, Exercise, Empowerment
Rokeya, Ms.; Ahammed, A.K. Zunayet – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
This article attempts to show an adolescent boy's continuing process of self-realisation through his disillusionment with the bleak reality of Dublin in the early twentieth century in the short story "Araby" by James Joyce. Brought up in the drab and deadening surroundings with his uncle and aunt in conservative Catholic cultures, the…
Descriptors: Novels, Authors, Self Actualization, Males