The perception of creativity by children's educators in brazil and portugal

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Published: Jan 12, 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2014.n1.v6.760
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Childhood creativity educators encouragement

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Leticia Fleig Dal Forno
Universidad de Lisboa
Feliciano Henriques Veiga
Universidad de Lisboa
Sara Bahía
Universidad de Lisboa

Abstract

This work is part of an ongoing PhD. research in the Portuguese and Brazilian context about teachers’ perceptions on giftedness and creativity in the kindergarten. We focus on the perceptions of kindergarten teachers on the creativity definition, and on the student’s characteristics they correlate with it. We asked to these teachers describe their perceptions on creativity, on the main characteristics of creative students and on what they see as stimulus for creativity. Answers from 236 kindergarten teachers compose our result set about creativity in preschool children. Their responses demonstrate the understanding of creativity as being something that manifests itself through the opportunity given to students in expressing their answers, solutions and actions. They are conscious that creativity is not related only to art, since it may also be present on all areas of human development, and where it can be perceived in children’s attitudes and behaviour. Motivating creativity depends on how teachers respect the individuality of each children in terms of his thoughts and products, as well as on how they allow children being more expressive and creative in diverse fields. In the kindergarten context, creativity can be translated in facilitating the development of abilities for solving problems, the enthusiasm for learning, the basic learning skills and the knowledge about their surrounding world.

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Fleig Dal Forno, L., Henriques Veiga, F., & Bahía, S. (2014). The perception of creativity by children’s educators in brazil and portugal. International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Revista INFAD De Psicología., 6(1), 403–408. https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2014.n1.v6.760
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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2014): PSYCHOLOGY AND MODERN WORLD
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