Playing with Creativity Across the Lifespan: a Conversation with Dr. Sandra Russ

Singha, Shagun; Warr, Melissa; Mishra, Punya; Henriksen, Danah

doi:10.1007/s11528-020-00514-3

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“…Often regarded as the unique purview of children, there is an emerging body of research from a range of disciplines that explore the importance of playfulness in adulthood. Examples include enhancing pedagogy in higher education (Nørgård et al, 2017) and the importance of play linked to creativity across a human lifespan (Singha et al, 2020). The advantages of using play and humour in adult psychology and clinical work has also been investigated by Berger, et al (2017).…”

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Playing in the liminal space: Literacy learning through drama in the adult language classroom

Hogan¹,

Campbell²

2022

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Play is a universal human experience. Often regarded as the unique purview of children, an emerging body of research points to the importance of playfulness in adulthood. This article reports on the research and observations of two teaching artists working in Connected, a Sydney Theatre Company adult-literacy-through-drama programme. This article conceptualises the drama room as a liminal space. Through improvisational responses participants engage in a learning style that promotes playfulness, which subsequently generates a sense of pleasure and joy and, in doing so, has an intrinsic value beyond the specific language learning outcomes. In this article we build on Guitard et al.’s (2005) components of playfulness in adults: creativity, curiosity, pleasure, sense of humour and spontaneity, in order to posit our own ideas about the conditions necessary for encouraging the freedom to play in adult language learning contexts.

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Playing in the liminal space: Literacy learning through drama in the adult language classroom

Hogan¹,

Campbell²

2022

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“…Play enhances flexibility and problem-solving skills necessary for creativity (Libman, 2001). Singha et al (2020) believe that playing in childhood leads to increased creativity in adulthood, but it is also difficult to scientifically prove it. However, he argues that play and creativity have a significant impact on children's mental health and should be nurtured and strengthened throughout their lives, and this is a fundamental educational activity (Singha et al, 2020).…”

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“…Singha et al (2020) believe that playing in childhood leads to increased creativity in adulthood, but it is also difficult to scientifically prove it. However, he argues that play and creativity have a significant impact on children's mental health and should be nurtured and strengthened throughout their lives, and this is a fundamental educational activity (Singha et al, 2020). Young children need to play, and in most cases, fostering children's creativity is as simple as ensuring they have time and space for it.…”

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The Effectiveness of Game-Based Creativity Training on Social-Emotional Skills of Students

Fatourehchi,

Hashemian,

Abolmaali Alhosseini

2024

AFTJ

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Objective: Nowadays, creativity and play development is one of the main pillars of educational systems for appropriate decision making and problem solving. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of game-based creativity training on social-emotional skills of elementary school students. This study was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design with two experimental and control groups. The statistical population in the quantitative part of the study included students of elementary school girls and boys in district 1 of Tehran in 2019 at the ages of 7-9. Data collection tools was Emotional-Social Competencies Questionnaire (2012). univariate analysis of covariance and SPSS.18 software were used to analyze the data. Findings: The results showed that game-based creativity training protocol had an effect on the emotional and social skills of children in the experimental group and significantly increased those skills (F=11.20, P<0.001). Conclusion: It can be concluded that the use of game-based creativity training protocol in elementary children helps to promote the social-emotional competencies of elementary students.

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Forms of Knowing: Emotion, Creativity and Play in Learning

Hamer,

Ross

2024

Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture

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Playing with Creativity Across the Lifespan: a Conversation with Dr. Sandra Russ

Cited by 5 publications

References 24 publications

Playing in the liminal space: Literacy learning through drama in the adult language classroom

Playing in the liminal space: Literacy learning through drama in the adult language classroom

The Effectiveness of Game-Based Creativity Training on Social-Emotional Skills of Students

Forms of Knowing: Emotion, Creativity and Play in Learning

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