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Research and Policy
A Culture Strategy for Scotland
A Culture Strategy for Scotland shows how important culture is to Scotland’s prosperity and sets the future direction for supporting culture in Scotland...
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Creative Partners
Visible Fictions
Since 1991 we have been creating innovative and dynamic theatrical experiences and creative learning projects for young people of all ages...
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Research and Policy
Eric Booth Website
As "one of the 25 most important people in American arts education" Eric Booth has influenced our own thinking about creativity across teaching and learning here in Scotland...
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Research and Policy
Creativity, Culture & Education
Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE) is a UK-based charity, which works internationally to unlock the creativity of young people in and out of formal education...
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Creative Partners
Scottish Book Trust
Scottish Book Trust is the leading agency for the promotion of literature, reading and writing...
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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
“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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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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Quotes
“I want us all to think about new and creative ways to … encourage young people to create and build and invent — to be makers of things, not just consumers of things...”
—Barack Obama, U.S. President
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Creative Partners
Making Music
Making Music is the UK’s membership organisation for leisure-time music, with over 3,600 groups representing around 200,000 music makers across the UK...
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Quotes
“Using our imagination, being ourselves, expressing our opinions - creativity challenges and develops the mind...”
—macrobert Young Consultant
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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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Creative Partners
Horsecross Arts
Horsecross Arts Ltd runs Perth Theatre and Perth Concert Hall...
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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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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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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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Research and Policy
Re-Imagining the Future keynote
The NCLN Annual Event in 2016 took place at the Hotel Colessio in Stirling and was entitled Re-Imagining the Future...
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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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Creative Partners
Dundee Rep Theatre
Dundee Rep Theatre is a vibrant, world class, award winning performing arts organisation made up of Dundee Rep Ensemble, Scottish Dance Theatre and Dundee Rep Creative Learning...
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Creative Partners
Traverse Theatre
The Traverse is a hub that celebrates everyone's creativity...