Pre-service and in-service preschool teachers' views regarding creativity in early childhood education

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2014-01-01

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Alkuş, Simge
Olgan, Refika

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This research investigated the views of pre-service and in-service preschool teachers concerning the developing of children's creativity in early childhood education by determining the similarities and/or differences among their views. The data were gathered from 10 pre-service and 11 in-service teachers through focus group meetings, and then from the participants' views four basic themes were constituted consisting of their opinions on ‘creativity’, ‘creative people’, ‘importance of creativity in early childhood education’, and ‘obstacles to creativity in early childhood education’. The findings indicated that although the subjects had their own creativity definitions, they also had some common ideas. The subjects also shared their ideas about some of the essential characteristics of creative individuals. Furthermore, although the participants were aware of the value of creativity for young children's development and the need to implement activities that would nurture children's creativity, they still face many obstacles preventing them from achieving this crucial goal.

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Creativity, Early childhood education, In-service teachers, Pre-service teachers, Teachers' views

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/41961

Journal

Early Child Development and Care

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https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2014.893236

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Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Article

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S. Alkuş and R. Olgan, “Pre-service and in-service preschool teachers’ views regarding creativity in early childhood education,” Early Child Development and Care, pp. 1902–1919, 2014, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/41961.