Understanding imaginative thinking during childhood: Sociocultural conceptions of creativity and imaginative thought

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-185

  Eckhoff, Angela ^a   Urbach, Jennifer ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Early literacy; Imagination; Visual arts

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749155825     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-008-0261-4     Document Type: Article

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