Possibility thinking: culminative studies of an evidence-based concept driving creativity?

Reciprocity between narrative, questioning and imagination in the early and primary years: Examining the role of narrative in possibility thinking

“…This involved video in Chappell, et al, (2008) and Craft et al, (2012b) and photographs supported by detailed field notes in Craft et al .,(2012a) alongside interviews and observations. In the case of the video data, line-by-line transcription of speech and to some extent gestures and accompanying action was carried out prior to creating a data log (Werner, 1992;Hall, 1992).…”

“…In the latter, the teacher shared some maths tasks and asked the children to solve more complex ones on a worksheet with their 'talking partner'. These episodes featured in Craft et al, (2012b). …”

“…The single episode in which narrative was absent was from a mathematics lesson (Craft et al, 2012b). In this episode, the 10-11 year olds working in pairs were asked to solve maths problems on a worksheet.…”

“…Craft et al, (2012a) worked in one Children's Centre (4 year olds) and focused on two slightly longer episodes from that site. Craft et al, (2012b) worked in two primary school sites (two parallel classes of 9-10 year-olds) in the South West school and one (10-11 year-olds) in the East Anglia school. The researchers focused analysis on four episodes, two from the South West school (one from each class) and two from the East Anglia School (two from one class).…”

“…The second study in this phase explored the activity of children aged 9-11 in two primary schools (Craft et al, 2012b). The episodes selected for analysis were again drawn from playful immersive contexts, this time from within science, art, and mathematics.…”