Journal article
Creative arts: An essential element in the teacher's toolkit when developing critical thinking in children
Australian Journal of Teacher Education, Vol.38(7)
2013
Abstract
This paper is a position paper, which argues the position that critical thinking is a crucial skill, which needs to be developed in the school curriculum and that the creative arts can do this. The paper explores the states of the Arts in the present curriculum and goes on to argue that knowing how to develop critical thinking is an important pedagogical skill that needs to be developed in our pre-service teachers. This position is supported through data gathered from an innovative project that explored teachers' and mothers' perceptions of children's critical thinking.
Details
- Title
- Creative arts: An essential element in the teacher's toolkit when developing critical thinking in children
- Authors/Creators
- C. Nilson (Author/Creator)C. Fetherston (Author/Creator)A. McMurray (Author/Creator)T. Fetherston (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Australian Journal of Teacher Education, Vol.38(7)
- Publisher
- School of Education, Edith Cowan University
- Identifiers
- 991005545010107891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Health Professions
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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