Drama education: A touch of the creative mind and communicative-expressive ability of elementary school children in Hong Kong

Thinking Skills and Creativity

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-40

  Hui, Anna ^a   Lau, Sing ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Children; Creativity and expressive ability; Drama education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750161423     PISSN: 18711871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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