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Quotes
“Think of creativity as applied imagination...”
—The Element, 2009 by Ken Robinson
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Images
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Images
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Research and Policy
A Creative Approach to Improvement Planning
A Powerpoint presentation by Education Scotland...
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Videos
Sir Ken Robinson - radio interview in Toronto
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Research and Policy
The National Parent Forum of Scotland Guide to Creativity
The National Parent Forum of Scotland nutshell guide, with a focus on Creativity, Enterprise and Employability, is aimed at parents with children of all ages...
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Videos
The Power to Create - RSA Shorts
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Research and Policy
Scotland's Creative Learning Plan at a Glance
A summary of Scotland's national plan for embedding creativity across Scotland's education system, designed as a printed booklet...
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Quotes
“I believe Scotland stands on the threshold of becoming a world leader in creativity, if, and only if, the education sector embraces the challenge of creativity across the curriculum to realize the Curriculum for Excellence...”
—Eric Booth, international creative learning consultant and author of The Everyday Work of Art
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Images
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Research and Policy
Coffitivity
A team of researchers, led by Ravi Mehta at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign tested the effects of varying levels of noise on participants’ creative thinking skills, proving that moderately loud background noise boosts creative thinking...
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Research and Policy
The Creativity Post
The Creativity Post is a non-profit committed to sharing the very best content on creativity, in all of its forms: from scientific discovery to philosophical debate, from entrepreneurial ventures to educational reform...
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Quotes
“Creativity is all about bringing imagined possibilities to life: an idea, a philosophy, a mathematical formula, a work of art...”
—Dougie Irvine, Visible Fictions
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Creative Partners
The Necessary Space
The Necessary Space was created to continue the work that Simon Sharkey pioneered as one of the founding directors of National Theatre of Scotland...
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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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Images
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Quotes
“Creativity is the freedom to explore, rejuvenate and affirm...”
—Hayley Durward, Citymoves Dance Agency
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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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Quotes
“I've always had a creative urge and I get immense satisfaction from creating something because it feels like I'm making sense of the world and imposing order on it...”
—Alexander McCall Smith
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Online Teaching Tools
TED - The Creative Spark
Over 300 filmed talks on a broad range of creative themes by some of the leading speakers and innovators...