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Creativity in pre-school education
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Why CREANET
Always more attention paid at EU level on early childhood education
Scarce partecipation of actors dealing with children aged from 0-6 in the LLP Comenius action
Background
Since 2007 to 2012
261 Comenius projects approved by the central agency EACEA (in Bruxelles)
Only 12 of them were focused on education in early childhood
CREANET is a Comenius network aimed at developing a european forum for discussion research and exchange of best practices on
creativity in preschool education from a multidisciplinary and cross-institutional
perspective.
Project length
October2010
36 months
September2013
Scandiano
MunicipalityItaly
Verteneglio
MunicipalityCroazia
University of
Modena and
Reggio EmiliaItaly
EnzkreisGermany
University of
Jyvaskyla
Finland
Norrköping
MunicipalitySweden
University College
Lillebaelt, Odense Denmark
Instituto
Politecnico de
BejaPortugal
University of
KlaipedaLithuania
University of
MurciaSpain
University of
LiepajaLatvia
SERN
Italy
Associated Partners
(E.G.)
Parma province Forlì municipality
MUBA – Milano
Scuola statale dell’Infanzia dell’Abate Scandiano
Scuola statale dell’Infanzia Don Borghi - RE
41 Associated partners
Obiettivi di CREANET
1. To create a european forum for discussion among practitioners and academics;
2. To identify, compare and exchange methodologies, approaches and experiences that promote creativity
3. To improve the quality of the educational offer and improve the competences/skills of the teaching staff
4. To use creativity as a means to boost the educational and social inclusion of the children and families belonging to minorities and/or disedvanteged groups
5. To strengthen the european dimension of lifelong learning and to stimulate creativity at the early stages of childhood
Network Strategy
1. Research activities aimed at developing a european approach toward creativity in pre-school through litterature reviews fieldwork and action-research
2. Exchange of best practices structured in two working groups dealing respectively with creativity and “contexts” and “expressive languages”;
3. Annual conferences aimed at exchanging best practices and at developing new projects based on the results of the research
Research activity
→ European literature review on creativity in pre-school education;
National literature review
International thematic literature review Creativity and technologies, creativity and science, creativity
and art, creativity and teacher’s role, creativity and materials, creativity in children and adults
→ To identify the perspective of the teachers on creativity;
→ Sharing best practices;
Research
TEACHERS’ POINT OF
VIEW ON CREATIVITY
TEACHERS’ POINT OF VIEW
AdoptedMethodologies
Focus Groups Questionnaires Interviews
AIM OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE
To identify the teachers’ point of view on creativity through a questionnaire.
In particular, to understand what are the elements and activities that help or hinder creativity in children
THE RESEARCH SAMPLE
Respondents: 425 kindergarden and nursery school teachers from 8 countries
Croatia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain, Sweden.
THE RESEARCH SAMPLE 2
Profile: Women (95% of the sample), with more than 10 years of teaching experience (70% of the sample)
The respondents participated in some training activity on creativity.
ELEMENTS THAT INFLUENCECREATIVITY
1. Appropriate pedagogical behavior of teachers
2. Availability of materials
3. Attractiveness of indoor/outdoor
environment
4. Adequate organizational structure of the
school
PRACTICES THAT FOSTER CREATIVITY
Practices
ArtisticExpression
LogicChallenges
Narrative
Projects
WHAT HINDERS CREATIVITY
Practices/activitiesthat hindercreativity
Attivities with a (pre)defined
pattern to follow
Authoritarianteaching styles
Lack of time, space and materials
Annual conferences
Prima Creanet conference – Beja (PT), 5-7 may 2011Presentation of the results of investigation
Set up of wrking groups
Contact seminar for project development
Second Creanet conference – Lithuania, 23-25 may 2012Presentation of the work carried out in the working groups
Presentation of findings of comparative research carried out duting the second year of activities
Contact seminar for project development of new Comenius projects
Third Creanet conference – Italy, september 2013Presentation of the final results of the research
Presentation of the best practices identified
Presentation of a draft document addressed to policy makers
Presentation of the research results
2011 Conference
National Literature
Review
2012 Conference
Transnational thematic
analysis
2013 Conference
Presentation of the
results/outputs of the
research
Development of New Projects
Specific sessions in each conference were dedicated to the development of Comenius projects among preschools
LLP
Comenius
Networks
MultilateralProjects
Partnerships
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Project Proposals
Working groups
Woring Groups’ themes
CONTEXTS EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGES
Spaces and materials;
Constructiveness;
Technology and media;
Relations;
Language learning;
Play;
Exploration of the nature;
Outdoor environment;
Narrative;
Body;
Arts: art, music, dance e theatre
Graphic-expressive and manipulative
Structure and methodology of the
groups
Exchange of best practices
Testing of pilotactions
Development ofnew projects
ContextsExpressiveLanguages
Approach
Analysis of the daily practices in preschools through a common interpretative key..
Novelty
Elements for identifying creativity in daily
practices
Indipendence
Self-esteem
Self-expression
Risk
Curiosity
Inventiveness
Suggestions about the
experiences presented in
the working groups
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How to follow CREANET
Visit the website www.creativityinpreschool.eu and follow usof the social network:facebook.com/creanetEUtwitter.com/CreanetEU
Participate to the annual CREANET dissemination seminars
Participate to the CREANET annual conferences
Valorize the results of the project by testing the results of research, methodologies and best practices of the network in your organization