Dancing: A Strategy to Maintain Schoolchildren's Openness for Idea Generation.
Schools are institutions responsible for teaching children new skills and knowledge, the ability to think about future targets, and, when problems become complex, how to apply explorative thinking and inborn creativity to solve them. Even so, scholars point to the fact that school curriculums do not...
| Published in: | JOPERD: The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance Vol. 92; no. 3; pp. 20 - 26 |
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| Format: | clinical trial pictorial research Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2021
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| Summary: | Schools are institutions responsible for teaching children new skills and knowledge, the ability to think about future targets, and, when problems become complex, how to apply explorative thinking and inborn creativity to solve them. Even so, scholars point to the fact that school curriculums do not support ways to facilitate explorative learning or creativity for problem-solving. To successfully devise solutions never considered before, children need support with programs enabling them to facilitate openness for experience intellectually. This study suggests that dance activities should become regular in the curriculum as a strategy for maintaining schoolchildren's cognitive flexibility. |
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