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Research and Policy
Creativity and Learning: what is the connection?
A thought piece by Paul Collard, Chief Executive of Creativity, Culture and Education, that argues creative learning has a positive impact on learning and attainment because it inherently develops the executive functions of the brain...
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Inspiring Moments
Mutual Curiosity: A look at participatory practice in Scotland
Scotland’s cultural sector has an excellent reputation for its participatory practice – artists and people working creatively together in communities, education contexts and other areas of public life such as social care and justice...
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Research and Policy
Creative Blueprint
Creative Blueprint provides research and analysis in to the skills needs of the creative and cultural industries and their contribution to the UK...
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Research and Policy
Creative Thinkering
A psychology based blog resurrecting your natural creativity through inspiring techniques and practical examples...
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Research and Policy
The Top 5 Qualities of Productive Creatives (And How to Identify Them!)
How do we identify the qualities that add up to creativity...
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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
Understanding How to Frame Your Creative Expertise
Again and again I see talented people with ideas they want to share – books they want to write, talks they want to give, businesses they want to launch – holding back because they think they "don't know enough" about their topic...
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Research and Policy
Creative Little Scientists
Creative Little Scientists aims to bring together creativity and science and mathematics in preschool and first years of primary education (up to the age of eight)...
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Inspiring Moments
Williamston: Tasting a storm (Attainment in Literacy)
Hidden Giants undertook a three month residency in Williamston Primary school, Livingston, working with a class group of Primary 5 pupils and their teacher to explore how literacy and writing skills could be improved through creative approaches to learning and teaching...
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Research and Policy
5 Creativity Myths You Probably Believe
Misconceptions cloak creativity in mystique and they foster elitism—the idea that the potential for innovation and imagination is a rare gift enjoyed by only a select few creative types...
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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
Creative Blueprint: Think Pieces
Articles about education, skills and the creative and cultural industries answer 'What does the education and skills system need to look like in order for people to lead fulfilled creative lives, and for the creative and cultural industries to thrive...
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Research and Policy
RSA: Giving Schools the Power to Create - Developing creative capacities in learners and teachers
A summary paper on how schools can best develop pupils’ creative capacities by the RSA...
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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
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
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
Scotland 2030: Leadership in EducationScotland’s Futures Forum / Goodison Group in Scotland Forum De
The Futures Forum and the Goodison Group in Scotland continued their exploration of schooling and learning in the future with a debate looking at the role of leadership, particularly leadership of change...
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Inspiring Moments
Creative Change Pilot Project - report
The final, and extremely visual, report on Education Scotland’s Creative Change Pilot Project which paired up educators with deep challenges and creative catalysts who could bring fresh perspectives, creative approaches and a full suit of creativity skills to the problem...
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Research and Policy
Futurelab
Futurelab aims to inspire, challenge and engage all young people in rich and rewarding learning experiences that will equip them with the essential skills and attitudes for life, learning and work in the 21st Century...
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Research and Policy
Inequality kills innovation and entrepreneurship
"Our study of 21 OECD countries over more than a 100 years shows income inequality actually restricts people from earning more, educating themselves and becoming entrepreneurs...