1st Edition
Exploring Children's Creative Narratives
Foreword List of Contributors 1. Exploring Children’s Creative Narratives: Some Theoretical, Methodological and Applied Perspectives Dorothy Faulkner & Elizabeth Coates 2. Improvisation and Narrative R. Keith Sawyer 3. Thinking Creatively in an Early Years Classroom Dorothy Faulkner 4. Chidren's Creative Collaboration - A View of Narrativity Marjaana Kangas, Annakaisa Kultima & Heli Ruokamo 5. The Subjects and Meanings of Young Children's Drawings Elizabeth Coates & Andrew Coates 6. Painting Dinosaurs: How a Reception Class Context Shapes Children's Opportunities for Creative Expression Jenny Hallam, Helen Lee & Mani Das Gupta 7. Diversifying Discourse: The Influence of Visual Culture on Children’s Perception and Creation of Art Marie Fulkova & Teresa Tipton 8. Meaning, Mediation & Mythology Susan Wright 9. Children's Creativity with Time, Space and Intensity: Foundations for the Temporal Arts Susan Young 10. A Generative Framework for Creativity: Encouraging Creative Collaboration in Children's Music Composition Sylvia Truman 11. Inside – Outside: Exploring Learning and Creativity in Early Years Dance Education Kerry Chappell & Susan Young 12. Epilogue Dorothy Faulkner & Elizabeth Coates
Biography
Dorothy Faulkner is a member of the Centre for Childhood, Development and Learning and Director of the Psychology undergraduate honours degree at the Open University, UK.
Elizabeth Coates is Director of the Early Childhood Studies undergraduate degrees programme at the Institute of Education, University of Warwick, UK.
