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Creative Childcare Practice
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Chapter 1 Program Design: Ways of Working
with Children 1
Introduction:The Challenge 1
The Art of Childcare in Action 2
Dynamics of Care 3
Program Players 3
The Life of the Program 4
Our Journey 5
The Art of Childcare Principles 7
Education and Training Implications 10
Chapter Summary 10
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CREATIVE CHILDCARE PRACTICE: PROGRAM DESIGN IN EARLY CHILDHOODChapter 2 Changing Perceptions of Children:
Understanding Childhood 11
Introduction 11
Impact of Our Perceptions 13
Our Perception Is Reality 14
Changing Perception Changes Reality 15
Ways of Seeing Children 15
Concepts of Childhood 17
Perceptions of Children 20
Evolving Nature of Social Perception 23
Chapter Summary 23
Chapter 3 The Creative Perception Model of Childcare 25
Introduction 25
Creative Perception Model in Childcare 26
Management Process 27
Chapter Summary 28
Chapter 4 Enhancing Childcare Practice:
Exploring Creativity 29
Introduction 29
Thinking:The Big Picture 30
Ways of Thinking 31
Critical Thinking 32
Thinking behind Program Planning 33
Creative Thinking 37
Creativity in Childcare 40
Creating a Creative Environment 42
Chapter Summary 44
Chapter 5 Creating Design: Creativity in Practice 45
Introduction 45
Creation through Design 46
Devising the Program 46
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ixThe Program Design 46
The Creative Team 48
The Creative Facilitator 51
Chapter Summary 51
Chapter 6 Creative Childcare: Using the Creative
Perception Principles 53
Introduction 53
Creating Creative Childcare: Design Focus 55
Program Design: Child Focus 55
Creative Perception Principles 57
Chapter Summary 61
Chapter 7 The Creative Vision: What to Create 63
Introduction 63
Creating a Personal Vision 64
Forming a Collaborative Vision 66
Identifying What Is Important 67
Vision Mind MapsŪ 67
Chapter Summary 70
For Further Thought 70
Chapter 8 Creating a Design: Making Things Happen 73
Introduction 73
What Is Design? 74
How to Design 74
Examples of Creating a Design for a Childcare Centre 78
Chapter Summary 79
For Further Thought 80
Chapter 9 Creating Alone: A Program of Discovery 81
Introduction 81
Inspiring Inspiration 82
Discovering Yourself through Children 84
A Program of Discovery 85
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CREATIVE CHILDCARE PRACTICE: PROGRAM DESIGN IN EARLY CHILDHOODReleasing Creative Energy 87
Self-Discovery 88
Ways to Improve Your Creativity 89
Chapter Summary 92
For Further Thought 92
Chapter 10 Collaborative Creativity: Creating Together 97
Introduction 97
Creating Together 98
Techniques for Creating Together 100
Chapter Summary 106
Chapter 11 Realising Your Design: Creating the Vision 107
Introduction 107
Action 108
Reaction 109
Recording and Reacting 109
Mapping Action 110
Chapter Summary 112
For Further Thought 112
Chapter 12 Challenging Your Design: Assessing
the Creation 115
Introduction 115
The Need for Testing 116
The Overall Design 117
Individual Design Features 117
Testing the Design 118
Chapter Summary 122
For Further Thought 122
Chapter 13 Managing Creativity: Developing
a Learning Organisation 123
Introduction 123
Creating Creative Organisations 124
Rationalist Management 125
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