Creative thinking and the education of young children: the fourth basic skill

Trostle, Susan L.; Yawkey, Thomas D.

doi:10.1007/bf03174881

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“…Many researchers, have concluded that creativity can be nurtured in individuals (e.g., Maltzman et al, 1958;Maltzman, 1960;Lane et al, 1982;Trostle & Yawkey, 1982;Goetz, 1989;Leff & Nevin, 1990;Moore, 1990;and Smith & Carlsson, 1990). Leff& Nevin (1990), for example, stress that their experience with hundreds of education students and inservice teachers gives confidence that "creative thinking can indeed be facilitated and nurtured" (p. 36).…”

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Can Creativity be Nurtured in Young Children?

Mellou

1996

Early Child Development and Care

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Yes, certainly, it can be nurtured using the appropriate creative environment: (a) schools with continuous enrichment of their environment; (b) creative programmes for developing creative thinking; and (c) creative teachers and creative ways of teaching. It can be concluded then that interaction with the everyday creative environment, is the most powerful possibility of nurturing creativity in individuals, and especially in children.

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“…The preschool educational programmes should be based on these seven strategies to facilitate creative thinking as suggested by Trostle & Yawkey (1982).…”

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