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Opportunities for children to be scientifically creative: Teachers' conceptions of creativity in science lessons

August 1, 2011
Primary teachers in England recognize opportunities for creativity and score scientifically creative incidents higher compared with incidents that represented reproductive thought but showed narrow conceptions of school science creativity. More opportunities were seen in descriptive rather than explanatory science, particularly in practical over non-practical activities and practical applications over reproductive thought.

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    King’s College London
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    Discipline: Education and learning science
    Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Educators/Teachers | Museum/ISE Professionals | Evaluators

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