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Children's imagination

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Children's imaginationPaul L. Harris.
Author:	Harris, Paul L.
Published:	Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2022.
Description:	69 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Jun 2022).
Subject:	Imagination in children.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009067423
ISBN:	9781009067423$q(electronic bk.)

Children's imagination
Harris, Paul L.

Children's imagination[electronic resource] /Paul L. Harris. - Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2022. - 69 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Cambridge elements. Elements in child development,2632-9948. - Cambridge elements.Elements in child development..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Jun 2022).

Children's imagination was traditionally seen as a wayward, desire-driven faculty that is eventually constrained by rationality. A more recent, Romantic view claims that young children's fertile imagination is increasingly dulled by schooling. Contrary to both perspectives, this Element argues that, paradoxically, children's imagination draws much inspiration from reality. Hence, when they engage in pretend play, envision the future, or conjure up counterfactual possibilities, children rarely generate fantastical possibilities. Their reality-guided imagination enables children to plan ahead and to engage in informative thought experiments. Nevertheless, when adults present children with less reality-based possibilities - via biblical narratives or the endorsement of special beings - children are receptive. Indeed, such imaginary possibilities can infuse their otherwise commonsensical appraisal of reality. Finally, like adults, young children enjoy being absorbed into a make-believe, fictional world but faced with real-world problems calling for creativity, they often need guidance, given their limited knowledge of prior solutions.

ISBN: 9781009067423$q(electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

300952
Imagination in children.

LC Class. No.: BF723.I5 / H37 2022

Dewey Class. No.: 155.4133

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