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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459606303321

Titolo

Exploring children's creative narratives / / edited by Dorothy Faulkner and Elizabeth Coates

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-10341-9

9786613103413

1-136-73956-4

0-203-81892-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CoatesElizabeth

FaulknerDorothy

Disciplina

155.4/1335

Soggetti

Creative ability in children

Drawing ability in children

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Exploring children's creative narratives : some theoretical, methodological and applied perspectives / D. Faulkner & E.Coates -- Improvisation and narrative / R. Keith Sawyer -- Thinking creatively in an early years classroom / Dorothy Faulkner -- Children's creative collaboration : a view of narrativity / Marjaana Kangas, Annakaisa Kultima & Heli Ruokamo -- The subjects and meanings of young children's drawings / Elizabeth Coates & Andrew Coates -- Painting dinosaurs : how a reception class context shapes children's -- Opportunities for creative expression / Jenny Hallam, Helen Lee & Mani Das Gupta -- Diversifying discourse : the influence of visual culture on children's -- Perception and creation of art / Marie Fulkova & Teresa Tipton -- Meaning, mediation & mythology / Susan Wright -- Children's creativity with time, space and intensity : foundations for the temporal arts / Susan Young -- A generative framework for creativity : encouraging creative collaboration in children's music composition / Sylvia Truman -- Inside-outside : exploring learning and creativity in early years dance education / Kerry Chappell & Susan Young --



Epilogue / Dorothy Faulkner & Elizabeth Coates.

Sommario/riassunto

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 on a range of research evidence from innovative educational initiatives in a wide variety of countries, Exploring Children's Creative Narratives develops new theoretical and practical insights that challenge traditional thinking about children's creativity. The chapters, written by wel

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973241703321

Titolo

Mixing methods in psychology : the integration of qualitative and quantitative methods in theory and practice / / edited by Zazie Todd ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hove ; ; New York, : Psychology Press, 2004

ISBN

1-134-66384-6

1-134-66385-4

0-415-18649-8

1-280-05918-4

0-203-68743-4

0-203-64572-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Classificazione

77.04

Altri autori (Persone)

ToddZazie

Disciplina

150/.7/2

Soggetti

Psychology - Research - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-240) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Theoretical and historiographical foundations; Introduction; Coming full (hermeneutic) circle: The controversy about psychological methods; Reinventing validity: Reflections on principles and practices from beyond the quality-quantity divide; Mixing it up; Discursive analysis



and the interpretation of statistics; ""Structured judgement methods""--the best of both worlds?; Q methodology and qualiquantology: The example of discriminating between emotions; Examples of mixed method research

Valuing the ""value of life"": A case of constructed preferences?Method and methodology in interpretive studies of cognitive life; Integrating survey and focus group research: A case study of attitudes of English and German language learners; Mixed methods within the discipline; Educational psychology and difficult pupil behaviour: Qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods?; Taking quality seriously: The case for qualitative feminist psychology in the context of quantitative clinical research on postnatal depression; Future directions; Further reading; Author index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Can qualitative and quantitative methods be combined effectively in psychology? What are the practical and theoretical issues involved? Should different criteria be used to judge qualitative and quantitative research?The acceptance of qualitative research methods in psychology has lead to a split between qualitative and quantitative methods and has raised questions about how best to assess the validity of research practice. While the two approaches have traditionally been seen as competing paradigms, more recently, researchers have begun to argue that the divide is artificial.<