Creativity and Early Years Education

Download or read book Creativity and Early Years Education written by Anna Craft and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2002-12-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people accept that early years education should aim to develop children's creativity, but this raises a number of questions: What is creativity? How does it relate to such concepts as imagination, self-expression and intelligence? Why is it valuable?--and in what ways? Can creativity be taught? And, if so, how? And how can it be assessed?In this carefully-weighed, clearly written and scholarly study, Anna Craft answers these and related questions, providing in the process a comprehensive guide to creativity for all those who work with children in the early years.