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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
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
Aberdeen City Council presentation - NCLN Develoment Day - Edinburgh Zoo - May 31st 2019
Margaret Stewart shares her story of pathways to create opportunities and partnerships with schools...
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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
Teach Kids to Daydream
Article in The Atlantic by Jessica Lahey on how mental downtime makes people more creative and less anxious...
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Research and Policy
Creative Learning Plan Partners - Summit 2019 - Core Slides
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Research and Policy
Creative Quarter
IRISS site exploring creativity and its application to a Social Care setting...
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Research and Policy
The Non-Obvious Way to Think Creatively - the Haystack Method
In his workshops, Rohit Bhargava teaches the Haystack Method...
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Research and Policy
Power to Create presentation from Jamie Cooke, Head of RSA Scotland
An outline of the work of and opportunities provided by RSA Scotland, including Pupil Design Awards, Catalytic Teaching, Creative Educators etc...
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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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Inspiring Moments
Our Fragile Earth
A case study of a whole school interdisciplinary project Hidden Giants was invited to work with St Vincents Primary, a Catholic school in East Kilbride, a new town on the outskirts of south Glasgow...
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Inspiring Moments
Crime Scene Investigation: Kersland School
The popular television programme ‘Crime Scene Investigation’ provided the context for Kersland’s whole school interdisciplinary learning approach...
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Research and Policy
STEM to STEAM website
STEM + Art = STEAM In this climate of economic uncertainty, America is once again turning to innovation as the way to ensure a prosperous future...
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Research and Policy
Film Education
Film Education is a charity supported by the UK film industry that promotes and supports the use of film within the curriculum...
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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
Creative Environments for Learning in Schools – a systematic review of literature
Summary of a review of literature relating to creative environments for learning in schools undertaken by Education Scotland and the Centre for Research in Early Scientific Learning (CRESL) at Bath Spa University...
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Research and Policy
Unlocking Potential, Embracing Ambition - Creative Scotland's 10 year plan
The 10-year plan sets out a shared vision for the arts, screen and creative industries in Scotland...
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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
SQA Qualifications - Creative and Cultural Skills
There are approximately 3,000 businesses in Scotland employing 57,000 people within the Creative and Cultural Skills sector...
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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...