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Whether the focus is on early years or university, on the arts or on Higher Order Thinking (HOT), creativity has become a focus for education systems across the world.
So, why now? What is the impetus for trying to make learning more creative?
Professor Boyd will argue that while a number of factors are at play including preparation for the workplace, economic success, life-long learning and even national
identity, the most important is self-actualisation. Put simply, all learning is a creative process and if we are genuinely educating "the whole child", then creativity should be at the heart of that process. He will draw on work by Howard Gardner ("Five Minds for the Future"), David Perkins (Teaching for Understanding") and Robert Fisher ("Teaching Children to Think") and will argue that the vision of Curriculum for Excellence is to prepare young people for the unknown and to enable them to apply their learning in new and unfamiliar contexts. Whether it is big "C" or small "c" creativity, the challenge is to
infuse the curriculum with creativity...and, in so doing, to empower young people to look beyond examination success and fulfil their potential.
About Professor Brian Boyd:
Professor Brian Boyd has worked in the Faculty of Education at the University of Strathclyde for 13 years after a career that saw him hold posts as headteacher, education officer and education adviser. He was a member of the Ministerial Review Group which produced the report 'A Curriculum for Excellence' in 2004. Brian is a co-founder of Tapestry, an organisation that promotes leading edge thinking about learning to Scotland.
Part of Forth Valley Creative Learning's programme of events exploring creative learning.
About Forth Valley Creative Learning:
Forth Valley Creative Learning is a new collaboration between Education in Falkirk, Stirling and Clackmannanshire, creating opportunities together to explore creativity and creative learning through talks, CPD and networks.
Much of the work of Forth Valley Creative Learning is funded by Education Scotland / Creative Scotland's National Creative Learning Network (NCLN) programme.
Creative Conversations, led by key speakers and panels from education, research, the arts and developmental psychology, explore the reasons creativity and creative learning is an essential part of the lives of children and young people.
Creative Conversations are open to anyone interested in creative learning i.e. teachers, youth workers, creative practitioners, students, lecturers, early years educators, education officers, senior managers, arts officers, parents etc from across the Forth Valley region.
Further information about FVCL can be found on the website: www.forthvalleycreativelearning.wordpress.com
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