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Research and Policy
How to Use Distraction to Your Advantage
Online article highlighting that psychologists say that people who’ve had creative success often have “leaky attention,” meaning that when they are concentrating on one thing, other irrelevant information can still seep into their consciousness (information that’s irrelevant to their current task, but potentially very useful longer term)...
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Research and Policy
Global Creativity Gap
Infographic of global research by Adobe exploring perceptions of creativity in the workplace and economy...
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Research and Policy
Deliberate Practice?
How do you deliberately practice in the creative field where success is often external, unpredictable, and uncontrollable...
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Research and Policy
Three Behaviors that will Grow Innovative Teamwork
Innovative teamwork depends first and foremost on the team’s ability to hold constructive conflict...
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Research and Policy
The Glow Professional Learning Community for Creativity
Engage in conversation around creativity with educators right across Scotland by using the #creativity hashtag in the National Professional Learning Community...
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Research and Policy
Raising Attinment through Pupil Engagement - a report of an experiment
An action research project which took place in primary schools across Falkirk, Stirling and Clackmannanshire Councils, in partnership with the Creative Learning Networks and Hidden Giants...
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Research and Policy
Digital Skills in a Nutshell
National Parent Forum of Scotland resource on digital skills...
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Research and Policy
7 skills your child needs to survive the changing world of work
In his book The Global Achievement Gap, Wagner identifies seven core competencies every child needs in order to survive in the coming world of work: 1...
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Research and Policy
Progression in a Nutshell
National Parent Forum of Scotland guide to progression through all levels and the Senior Phase...
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Research and Policy
Data Generator - Creative & Cultural Industries
The Data generator is an online service designed to help individuals and businesses in the creative sector to access the latest industry research and analysis...
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Research and Policy
99 Percent
99% is a think tank that focuses on what happens after inspiration - researching the forces that truly push ideas forward...
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Research and Policy
Social Rejection Can Fuel Imagination - John Hopkins University Research
A new study by a Johns Hopkins University business professor finds that social rejection can inspire imaginative thinking, particularly in individuals with a strong sense of their own independence...
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Research and Policy
Why Preschool Shouldn't Be Like School - direct instruction versus exploration and play
MIT and UC-Berkeley research into learning poses the following questions and provide scientific support for the idea that direct instruction can limit young children's learning...
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Research and Policy
National Improvement Framework in a Nutshell
National Parent Forum of Scotland guide to the NIF...
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Research and Policy
The Future of Work: Jobs and Skills in 2030
What will jobs in the UK look like in 2030...
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Research and Policy
How to Inspire Creativity in Your Kids
An Expert Reviewed WikiHow resource that offers three different approaches to developing creativity in your children and learners...
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Research and Policy
Into Z Future - Meet Generation Z, the next generation of super creatives
Into Z Future is a new study by Snapchat and JWT Intelligence revealing gen Zers as the next generation of Super Creatives...
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Research and Policy
Creativity and Tackling Prejudice
Powerpoint Presentation by Stephen Bullock, Development Officer for Creativity with Education Scotland, delivered to the Education Scotland & Renfrewshire Council national event: Tackling Prejudiced based bullying & Promoting Equality and Diversity It argues that the creativity skills, especially open-mindedness, are central to tackling prejudice and prejudice based bullying and are a means of embedding this agenda across the curriculum and challenging prejudice at its root, in the habits of mind of the individual...
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Research and Policy
Career Education: A World of Possibilities
National Parent Forum of Scotland guide to career education...
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Research and Policy
Foundation Apprenticeships in Creative and Digital Media
Tom Harley, Education Programme Manager from Skills Development Scotland explores Foundation Apprenticeships in Creative & Digital Media...