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SUMMARY:Pretence and creativity during childhood and beyond - Dr Julie Kir
 kham\, Senior Psychology lecturer\, University of Chester
DTSTART:20170131T163000Z
DTEND:20170131T180000Z
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CONTACT:Anna Vidos
DESCRIPTION:Join the PEDAL team for this term's research seminar\, where D
 r Julie Kirkham will discuss pretence and creativity in early and middle c
 hildhood.\n\nThis talk will be of special interest to teachers\, academics
 \, early-years practitioners\, and anyone with an interest in alternative 
 educational systems\, touching specifically on Montessori and Steiner educ
 ation.\n\nThere will be time for a Q&A session at the end of the talks and
  refreshments will be provided.\n\n*Pretence and creativity during childho
 od and beyond*\n\nPretend play and creativity are often argued to be essen
 tial and ubiquitous characteristics of early and middle childhood that are
  positively related to each other. However\, not all education systems val
 ue or promote these attributes to the same extent\, and both methodologica
 l and operational issues affect the research that has been conducted. The 
 present seminar will consider several small scale exploratory studies whic
 h present interesting results and potential avenues for further research.\
 n\nFirstly\, the influence of Montessori and Steiner education upon preten
 ce and creativity during middle childhood will be considered\, with both s
 chooling systems offering distinctly different practical and pedagogic app
 roaches towards play than within the National Curriculum.\nSecondly\, the 
 relationship between pretence and creativity during early and middle child
 hood will be reviewed\, considering the use of standardised measures\, the
  influence of confounding variables and the differential influence of cogn
 itive and affective aspects of play.\n\nFinally\, the potential relationsh
 ips between childhood pretend play and adult functioning will be explored 
 in the context of the development and validation of the Childhood Fantasy 
 Play Predisposition Scale (CFPPS).\n\n*Speaker: Dr Julie Kirkham*\n\nDr Ju
 lie Kirkham is a senior Psychology lecturer and programme leader for the M
 Sc Family and Child Psychology at the University of Chester. She received 
 her PhD in developmental and educational Psychology from the University of
  Manchester in 2010.\n\nHer research interests include children’s symbol
 ic development and the role of art\, play and creativity within different 
 educational curricula. Her published work investigates the relationships b
 etween language\, drawing and symbolic play and the influence of Montessor
 i and Steiner education upon these abilities.\n\nDr Kirkham is currently i
 nvolved in research studying the relationship between childhood fantasy pl
 ay\, imaginary friends and personality traits and abilities during adultho
 od\, as well as the development of children’s aesthetic understanding an
 d preferences for different forms of art.\n\nRegister for a free ticket he
 re: https://goo.gl/LExEQD
LOCATION: Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, DM
 B\, Room DMB 1S3
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