Exploring Children's Creative Narratives.
How should we understand children's creativity?This fascinating collection of international research offers fresh perspectives on children's creative processes and the expression of their creative imagination through dramatic play, stories, artwork, dance, music and conversation. Drawing o...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2011.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Exploring Children's Creative Narratives; Copyright; Contents; Figures, tables and plates; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Exploring children's creative narratives: some theoretical, methodological and applied perspectives; The developmental psychologist's viewpoint; The educator's viewpoint; References; Chapter 2: Improvisation and narrative; Improvisation; Narrative; Children's improvisational play; Metaplay and narrative; Scripts and improvisation in narrative; Conclusion; Note; References.
- Chapter 3: Angels, tooth fairies and ghosts: thinking creatively in an early years classroomIntroduction to the educational environment and local context of the study; Angels, tooth fairies and ghosts: creative excursions in year 1; History Mystery Investigators: improvisational creativity; Discussion and conclusion; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; Chapter 4: Children's creative collaboration
- a view of narrativity; Introduction; Narrative thinking within creative and collaborative processes; Methodological considerations; Empirical findings: narrative thinking in creative collaboration.
- Towards a model of narrativityDiscussion and conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 5: The subjects and meanings of young children's drawings; The recognition of the child as artist; Primitivism as a challenge to the western classical tradition
- including further reference to the role played by the art of children; The influence of the drawings of young children on the art of Paul Klee; The main means by which young children structure their drawings and represent their ideas; The subjects of young children's drawings; The role of narrative as an accompaniment to the drawing process.
- Significant first-hand experiences as revealed through quality talkSources for imaginative stories; Heroes and subjects from the media; Conclusions; References; Chapter 6: Painting dinosaurs: how a reception class context shapes children's opportunities for creative expression; Researching the development of expression in children's drawings; The importance of studying educational contexts; Exploring the creation of art in the classroom; The current study; Case study: part one; Case study: part two; Drawing conclusions; Appendix: Jefferson style transcription conventions?; Notes; References.
- Chapter 7: Diversifying discourse: the influence of visual culture on children's perception and creation of artIntroduction; Child development and theory in art; Semiotic play and the re-presentation of meaning; Methodology of the case study: transcoding cultural spaces; Discursive intervisuality; Starring in Star Wars; Identity as co-constructive virtualities; Deterritoralizing my things; Symbolic world-mapping; Virtually real; Conclusion: implications for school practice; Notes; References; Chapter 8: Meaning, mediation and mythology; Composing: using signs, refining reality.