Spirituality and creativity in the early childhood context

This article reports a study on the impact of a customised spiritual education programme (SEP) on improving creativity for kindergarteners. The SEP was effective, and participants (n = 529) scored higher on creativity domains of figural fluency, originality, elaboration, abstractness of titles, and...

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Main Author: Pandya, Samta P (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2024
In: International journal of children's spirituality
Year: 2024, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 18–41
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
AH Religious education
KBM Asia
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B kindergarteners
B spiritual education programme
B Creative Thinking
B Creativity
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