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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
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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Creative Partners
Scottish Youth Theatre
From weekly drama and dance classes, tailored education projects and workshops, performances for all the family to our flagship Summer Festival there is something for everyone...
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Research and Policy
Learning Pathways in the Senior Phase and beyond
National Parent Forum of Scotland guide to the Senior Phase and pathways to work...
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Creative Partners
Creative & Cultural Skills
Creative & Cultural Skills works to create fair and inclusive opportunities for young people within the creative and cultural sectors...
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Creative Partners
Lyceum Theatre
The Creative Learning department at The Lyceum is all about engaging the community in the life of the theatre; it is about inspiring, educating and entertaining people from all walks of life and all ages to engage with theatre and be creative For schools we offer everything from one-off workshops to interdisciplinary long-term projects and continuing professional development for teachers...
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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
Paul Collard's slides from the Attaining Creative Solutions event
Paul Collard from Culture, Creativity and Education brought his international experience and unique interpretation of the PISA statistics to bear on the attainment and equality issue here in Scotland as part of the Attaining Creative Solutions event in Edinburgh (June 2015) as part of the National Creative Learning Network annual events and the Emporium of Dangerous Ideas...
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Creative Partners
Traverse Theatre
The Traverse is a hub that celebrates everyone's creativity...
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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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Creative Partners
Eden Court Theatre & Cinemas - CREATIVE
Eden Court is the Theatre for the Highlands and Islands and presents a wide and varied programme of music, drama, dance, comedy and film to appeal to all residents of the Highlands and visitors to the area...
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Creative Partners
Youth Theatre Arts Scotland
Youth Theatre Arts Scotland (YTAS) is the national development organisation and umbrella body for Scotland’s youth theatre sector...
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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
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
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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Creative Partners
David Hughes Dance Productions
If you see David Hughes Dance perform you will not forget it - that is a promise...
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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
Global Creativity Gap
Infographic of global research by Adobe exploring perceptions of creativity in the workplace and economy...
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Creative Partners
The Stove Network
The Stove is a public arts centre in the heart of Dumfries town centre...
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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...