Understanding creativity in early childhood: meaning-making and children's drawing

Do you want to understand young children's development in greater depth? Would you like to see how they view the world around them, and what they think thefuture might look like? Creativity in early childhood is an area of fascination for all those working with young children, and this book investigates why children create, and what their creations mean. Chapters describe the processesand depict the outcomes of meaning-making, and of making room for children's voices through the open-ended activity of drawing. Issues examined include: the increasingly popular use of multi-modal texts;; links between creativity andliteracy;; the importance of art in early childhood;; concrete examples of children's meaning-making, from the author's research. We see how non-verbal andverbal communication is used to convey meaning, and how children's voices emerge; the important role imagination and narrative play in the early and continuing development of children is emphasized throughout the book. Ideal for students of early childhood, and for anyone working with young children, this bookis a revelatory guide to the mind of the young child. INDICE: Creativity: Meaning-Making & Representation / Surfacing the Voicesof Children: The Role of the Interlocutor / Intratextuality in Drawing-Telling / Drawing and Embodiment / Intertextuality: Borrowing with a Personal Stamp / Ancient Forms: New Worlds / Implications for Teaching

• ISBN: 978-1-84787-526-6
• Editorial: Sage Publications
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 192
• Fecha Publicación: 28/02/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés