Pregledni rad
Creativity and Creation in Early Childhood and Preschool Education Curriculum
Anka Jurčević Lozančić
orcid.org/0000-0002-7090-6110
; Department of Education Faculty of Teacher Education University of Zagreb Savska cesta 77, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Daria Tot
orcid.org/0000-0002-8530-0875
; Department of Education Faculty of Teacher Education University of Zagreb Savska cesta 77, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
A contemporary early childhood education curriculum is defined as a theoretical
concept that is, in educational practice, constructed and co-constructed based on
mutual learning, research, and participation of all participants in the educational
process. This is why it is important to arrange different conditions for various activities
that enable creative thinking and expression, in which children can participate. In this
sense, creativity is not interpreted as a special part of curriculum, but a component of
the overall educational process, which is pervasive in all segments of the curriculum.
In educational practice, awareness of the values of creative expression in children is
not sufficiently developed nor appropriately utilized in curriculum development, as
the possibilities of its use have not been sufficiently explored. Therefore, this paper
aims to contribute to the understanding and acknowledgement of children’s natural,
innate creativity, which needs to be nurtured, encouraged, and developed as part of
the educational process, as well as to deeply consider organizational conditions and
work of kindergarten teachers.
Ključne riječi
child; curriculum; kindergarten teacher; constructivism and coconstructivism
Hrčak ID:
247845
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Datum izdavanja:
21.9.2020.
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