Creativity in early childhood education: Teachers' perceptions in three Chinese societies

Thinking Skills and Creativity

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 49-60

  Chien, Chu ying ^a   Hui, Anna N N ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Creativity; Early childhood education; Teacher perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952544053     PISSN: 18711871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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