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Research and Policy
Learning: creative approaches that raise standards
An OFSTED report on how 44 schools used creative approaches to learning...
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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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Quotes
“The sciences develop enquiring minds and nurture learners’ natural curiosity, imagination and creativity...”
—CfE Briefing 15 - Sciences for all
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Research and Policy
Argyll and Bute - Sharing Learning and Ideas
Sharing Argyll Learning, or 'SAL’ is a blog where our educators, pupils and the wider community can tell everyone what is happening in our classes, schools, nurseries or groups… everything from composting to composing...
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Research and Policy
Born Creative
In a series of essays Born Creative brings together the experiences of creative practices in early years education, to show the importance of cultures, environments and networks in the enrichment of the early years learning...
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Quotes
“The high-skilled minority (characterised by their creativity, analytical and problem solving capabilities and communication skills) will have strong bargaining power in the labour market, whilst the low-skilled will bear the brunt of the drive for flexibility and cost reduction...”
—The Future of Work: Jobs and Skills in 2030 (UKCES)
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“Scottish education has embarked on a highly ambitious programme of change…...”
—Teaching Scotland's Future
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Research and Policy
The National Society for Education in Art and Design
If you teach art, craft or design in primary or secondary schools, or in further or higher education - especially teacher educators - the National Society for Education in Art & Design (NSEAD) site is for you: gallery educators, artists in residence, parents and all those with an interest in arts education...
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Research and Policy
The traditional office is dead. Here's why
Innovative companies have embraced the theory that playful features within an office can boost creativity...
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Research and Policy
Creativity Portal on Facebook
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Quotes
“Good teachers should be reflective, with critical and creative thinking skills...”
—Teaching Scotland's Future
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Research and Policy
Research to support Schools of Ambition: final report
Provides an overview of the Schools for Ambition programme, which sought to enable 52 individual schools in Scotland to determine their priorities for a three-year period of transformation...
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Research and Policy
Artists and teachers resource
This ArtWorks Scotland resource has been developed for teachers and artists looking to embed creativity into school plans, offering relevant policy, evaluation and funding information, tips on planning together and case studies from artists and teachers who have worked in partnership...
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Research and Policy
Engage for Education - Creativity
Creativity related posts from the Engage for Education...
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Research and Policy
Creativity: A Choice, a Gift, and a Mission
Edutopia article by Karine Veldhoen on the pleasures and benefits of being creative and how it applies to educators...
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Research and Policy
Teachers Who Promote Creativity See Educational Results
Creativity in the classroom goes hand in hand with exceptional student learning, according to a new Gallup study examining U...
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Research and Policy
Creating Safety
Creating Safety provides guidance on child protection for individuals and organisations involved in delivering artistic, cultural and creative projects for children and young people in Scotland...
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Quotes
“Science and arts are not an either/or...”
—Creative Industries Federation
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Research and Policy
Skills in a Nutshell
The National Parent Forum of Scotland Summary of Skills, published as part of their Curriculum for Excellence in a Nutshell series, lays out the basics behind skills across the curriculum in two sides of A4...
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Research and Policy
Unleash the learning potential of imaginative inquiry in your classroom
Guardian article by Tim Taylor, an AST working in Norwich and visiting lecturer at Newcastle University who asserts that children learn best when they use their imagination...