Creative little scientists : enabling creativity through science and mathematics in preschool and first years of primary education

Abstract

This review has been created for the working purpose of the CLS project to add and strengthen the understanding of comparative education. The area is rather unfamiliar among the project partners except for some research and teaching experiences in the area of comparative education. In the first phase the task leaders created the outline for the task and it was reviewed by other task leaders in WP2. The outline was described in detail in guidelines for WP2 and delivered for all partners. The review is based on the research and policy material provided by project partners and the task leaders. The material provided by the other project partners were uploaded from the drop box and reviewed carefully by the authors. The relevant references were quoted systematically according to the structure of the outline. The subheadings were added during the writing process when the descriptions sharpened. This review does not cover the area of comparative education from all sides, but the main dimensions and features are described in terms of the purpose of the project.