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The Art of taking the right kind of break
BBC’s Horizon programme about Creative Insight saw Californian Professor of Psychology, Jonathan Schooler exploring what made people have creative insights or ‘aha’ moments and whether these could be deliberately increased. Experiments in thinking were set on the beach front; people came along to try lateral … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Horizon, Creative thinking, Creativity, Creators, Education, horizon, imagination, Invention, thinking
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As Children’s Freedom Has Declined, So Has Their Creativity
Published on Psychology Today (http://www.psychologytoday.com) As Children’s Freedom Has Declined, So Has Their Creativity By Peter Gray Created Sep 17 2012 – 11:15am If anything makes Americans stand tall internationally it is creativity. “American ingenuity” is admired everywhere. We are not the richest country (at … Continue reading
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Tagged Creative, Creators, Education, Good Childhood Enquiry, imagination, Independent, Invention, Play
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Is there a place for arts workers in schools after the cut backs?
Sweeping changes in education and arts funding are having a big effect on freelance arts practitioners. I don’t want to get all negative, but having been to a few meetings recently, it seems the changes run deeper than I had imagined. People … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Schools
Tagged art, Creative Partnerships, Curriculum, Education, funding
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Choosing a theme
Teachers often choose a theme for a half term and base as many lesson plans as possible round it. The idea is it’s more imaginative, more fun and gets children (and teachers) thinking across subjects and not keeping them in separate boxes. … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Planning, Schools, Themes
Tagged Bendy Beasts, Choosing, Creative thinking, Education, Planning, Themes
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Artswork = Teamwork
A comment I hear often is that teachers struggle to get classes working together; attempting to put children into groups to do a task can sometimes end in chaos. I find that when the children have set their own task … Continue reading
The Art of Play 