Teachers’ Perceptions of Fostering Creativity and Imagination among Three and Four Year Old (sic) Preschoolers: An Exploratory Case

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dc.DegreeTypeM.Eden_US
dc.DepartmentEducationen_US
dc.FacultyHumanities and Educationen_US
dc.InstitutionUniversity of the West Indies (Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago)en_US
dc.contributor.authorHalls, Wendy Grace
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-19T18:44:26Z
dc.date.available2019-07-19T18:44:26Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThis exploratory case study investigated three preschool teachers’ views regarding what they perceived as enhancers and inhibitors to fostering creativity and imagination among three- and four-year-old pre-schoolers in Trinidad and Tobago. Data were collected through interviews and direct classroom observation, as well as through the researcher’s reflective journal. The research identified five thematic elements: a) defining creativity, b) hindering creativity, c) creativity can be hindered, d) varying levels of creativity, and e) importance of creativity to academics. The findings revealed that: 1) teachers believed that creativity and imagination emanated from within the individual, and 2) environmental factors such as a nurturing atmosphere and inadequate space significantly impacted a child’s creativity and imagination.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/47338
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectCase studiesen_US
dc.subjectPerceptionen_US
dc.subjectTeacher attitudesen_US
dc.subjectPreprimary educationen_US
dc.subjectTrinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.otherCase studiesen_US
dc.subject.otherPerceptionen_US
dc.subject.otherCreativityen_US
dc.subject.otherTeacher attitudesen_US
dc.subject.otherPreprimary educationen_US
dc.subject.otherTrinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.titleTeachers’ Perceptions of Fostering Creativity and Imagination among Three and Four Year Old (sic) Preschoolers: An Exploratory Caseen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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