563 10 ECE Creativity

							Early Childhood Education:
         Creativity
        Dr. K. A. Korb
       University of Jos
                    Outline
       Overview
       Art
       Music
       Drama




Dr. K. A. Korb
University of Jos
                               Creativity
    Creativity: Ability to identify original and useful solutions to
     problems
    Creativity: A product or an idea that is new to the person
     who produced it and appropriate based on the cultural
     standards
    Aspects of creativity
         – Fluency: Produce many ideas
         – Originality: Generate new and different ideas
         – Flexibility: Depart from traditional views to generate a new
           perspective to a problem
         – Elaboration: Adding novel details
    Creatively is largely dependent on environment

Dr. K. A. Korb
University of Jos
      Characteristics of Creative Children

       Curious
       Flexible
       Original
       Independent
       Thinks deeply about an idea
       Finds unique solutions to solve a problem


Dr. K. A. Korb
University of Jos
                    Fostering Creativity
    Value Creativity
    Allow children to make mistakes
    Provide large blocks of time for children to
     play and explore
         – A strong relationship has been found between
           play and creativity
    Give open-ended activities that do not
     necessarily a right or wrong answer
Dr. K. A. Korb
University of Jos
                      Creative Arts
    Reasons for including creative arts in the
     classroom (Boyer, 1987)
         – Help children express feelings and ideas that
           are difficult to share with words
         – Arts provides a universal language that can be
           communicated with others




Dr. K. A. Korb
University of Jos
                              Art
    For components of a strong art program
     (Schirrmacher, 2006)
         – Use senses to engage in meaningful
           experiences
         – Make art with a variety of materials
         – Learn about artists
         – Study beauty in color and design



Dr. K. A. Korb
University of Jos
    Fostering Creative Artists in the ECE
                Classroom
    Demonstrate appropriate uses of art tools
     and materials
    Avoid using of models
    Emphasize the artistic process instead of
     the product
    Display art in the classroom



Dr. K. A. Korb
University of Jos
                          Music
    Benefits of teaching music
         – Psychomotor skills
         – Emotional development
         – Enhance cognitive development
         – Social skills
         – Cultural development




Dr. K. A. Korb
University of Jos
      Fostering Creative Musicians in the
               ECE Classroom
    Listen to varieties of music
    Dance to varieties of music
    Give children opportunities to make music




Dr. K. A. Korb
University of Jos
                                   Drama
    Occurs when children pretend:
         – An object is something other than what it actually is
         – They are somebody other than themselves
    Drama in ECE should focus on themes that
     children are interested in
         – Teachers should:
                Provide props
                Observe drama
                Facilitate drama as needed



Dr. K. A. Korb
University of Jos
                         Revision
    How is creativity defined for young children?
    What are the three creative domains that
     should be included in the ECE Classroom?
    How can teachers foster creative
     development in young children?
    Ideas for Art Projects
         – http://www.kinderart.com/


Dr. K. A. Korb
University of Jos