The article includes information about:
- defining the meaning of creativity
- the development of creativity
- how creativity is influenced by education
http://www.nfer.ac.uk/nfer/publications/55502/55502.pdf
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Tuesday 20 August 2013
Developing young children's creativity: what can we learn from research?
Below is a link to an article written by Caroline Sharpe from the NFER.
The article includes information about:
http://www.nfer.ac.uk/nfer/publications/55502/55502.pdf
The article includes information about:
http://www.nfer.ac.uk/nfer/publications/55502/55502.pdf
Thursday 15 August 2013
5 Benefits of Encouraging Your Child’s Imagination
To begin my research, I am just getting a general idea of what positives encouraging creativity in young children and provide, before I start looking at it into more depth.
As a parent you might never guess all the ways a good imagination benefits your child. It helps a preschooler:
Develop social skills
As children play pretend, they explore relationships between family members, friends and co-workers and learn more about how people interact. Playing doctor, they imagine how physicians care for their patients. Playing house, they learn more about how parents feel about their children. Imaginative play helps develop empathy for others. If children can imagine how it feels to be left out of a game or to lose a pet, they are better able to help those in need. They become more willing to play fair, to share, and to cooperate.
Build self-confidence
Young children have very little control over their lives. Imagining oneself as a builder of skyscrapers or a superhero defending the planet is empowering to a child. It helps them develop confidence in their abilities and their potential.
Boost intellectual growth
Using the imagination is the beginning of abstract thought. Children who can see a king’s castle in a mound of sand or a delicious dinner in a mud pie are learning to think symbolically. This skill is important in school where a child will have to learn that numerals symbolize groups of objects, letters symbolize sounds, and so on.
Practice language skills
Kids who play pretend with their friends do a lot of talking. This helps boost their vocabulary, improve sentence structure and enhance communication skills.
Work out fears
Playing pretend can help children work out their fears and worries. When children role-play about the big, bad monster under the bed, they gain a sense of control over him and he doesn’t seem quite so big or so bad. Imaginative play also helps kids vent confusing feelings they might have, such as anger toward a parent or rivalry with a new sibling.
To encourage your youngster’s imagination, read to him every day. Books offer children the opportunity to visit other worlds and create new ones of their own.
As a parent you might never guess all the ways a good imagination benefits your child. It helps a preschooler:
Develop social skills
As children play pretend, they explore relationships between family members, friends and co-workers and learn more about how people interact. Playing doctor, they imagine how physicians care for their patients. Playing house, they learn more about how parents feel about their children. Imaginative play helps develop empathy for others. If children can imagine how it feels to be left out of a game or to lose a pet, they are better able to help those in need. They become more willing to play fair, to share, and to cooperate.
Build self-confidence
Young children have very little control over their lives. Imagining oneself as a builder of skyscrapers or a superhero defending the planet is empowering to a child. It helps them develop confidence in their abilities and their potential.
Boost intellectual growth
Using the imagination is the beginning of abstract thought. Children who can see a king’s castle in a mound of sand or a delicious dinner in a mud pie are learning to think symbolically. This skill is important in school where a child will have to learn that numerals symbolize groups of objects, letters symbolize sounds, and so on.
Practice language skills
Kids who play pretend with their friends do a lot of talking. This helps boost their vocabulary, improve sentence structure and enhance communication skills.
Work out fears
Playing pretend can help children work out their fears and worries. When children role-play about the big, bad monster under the bed, they gain a sense of control over him and he doesn’t seem quite so big or so bad. Imaginative play also helps kids vent confusing feelings they might have, such as anger toward a parent or rivalry with a new sibling.
To encourage your youngster’s imagination, read to him every day. Books offer children the opportunity to visit other worlds and create new ones of their own.
Friday 2 August 2013
OUGD501 - Resubmission // Evaluation
Taking into account the module feedback which I received, while re-drafting my essay I have researched a lot more into the Sexual Revolution and read a lot about culture from the late 50's to early 70's. While also researching into sexist advertisements and other visual aspects of the era such as Oz magazine I hope that I have evidenced consistent practical and theoretical research throughout my essay and on my blog. The research which I have carried out and the new part of the essay which I have written links in well with the practical outcome which I had already completed, therefore there is a stronger synthesis than before. Before I return for third year to help me with my writing skills, I am going to join the writing course as I think it will help me a great deal when writing my dissertation.
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