Creativity theories and related teachers' beliefs

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-44

  Saracho, Olivia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

creativity theories; explicit theories; implicit theories; teachers' beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858302169     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2010.535899     Document Type: Article

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