Singapore’s creativity education: A framework of fostering constructive creativity

Creativity: When East Meets West

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 277-304

  Tan, Ai Girl ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 84967584849     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812567192_0012     Document Type: Chapter

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