‘I can’t draw, sing or dance to save my life!’: Educator and parent implicit theories of creativity

Autor: Katie Fielding, Kimberly Maslin, Karen Murcia
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Australasian Journal of Early Childhood. :183693912311596
ISSN: 1839-5961
1836-9391
DOI: 10.1177/18369391231159670
Popis: Creativity is recognised as a key facet of the suite of 21st century skills driving education worldwide. Understanding its existence outside of The Arts is vital for recognising young children’s creativity. However, what constitutes creativity and what it ‘looks like’ is not always clear. As a result, inconsistency and lack of efficacy when educators and parents attempt to encourage the development of young children’s creativity is possible. To investigate implicit theories of creativity relating to what creativity is and who is considered creative, parents and educators of four to eight-year-old children in four early learning contexts in Perth, Western Australia, were invited to complete a questionnaire. Findings suggest there may not be a strong tendency towards recognising creativity in The Arts but there may be an inclination to recognise eminent men’s creativity more than women’s. Additionally, there appears to be a lack of recognition of ‘daring’ as a creative behaviour.
Databáze: OpenAIRE