τhe contribution of music and movement activities to creative thinking in pre-school childrenτhe音乐和运动活动的贡献在学龄前儿童创造性思维.pdf

Creative Education 2012. Vol.3, No.2, 196-204 Published Online April 2012 in SciRes (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ce) /10.4236/ce.2012.32031 Τhe Contribution of Music and Movement Activities to Creative Thinking in Pre-School Children 1 2 Elena Chronopoulou , Vassiliki Riga 1Hellenic Open University, Patras, Greece 2Department of Educational Sciences Early Childhood Education, University of Patras, Patras, Greece Email: vriga@upatras.gr Received February 23rd th nd , 2012; revised March 27 , 2012; accepted April 2 , 2012 As interest in creativity is rising, kindergarten teachers are looking for ways to strengthen the creative po- tential of young children. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of music and movement ac- tivities to creative thinking in preschool children. A three month educational programme was designed and implemented, using an experimental research method. The effect on fluency, flexibility, originality and elaboration of thought of 5-year-old children, as well as how the programme affected creative behav- iours, was studied. The results, upon completion of the educational programme, showed that the growth rate of these variables in the experimental group was statistically significant compared t