CREATIVITY

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CREATIVITY
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Aims

• To increase our understanding of what is meant by
  creativity and innovation

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Aims

• To increase our understanding of what is meant by
  creativity and innovation
• To increase awareness of how creative thinking
  can benefit childrens learning

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Aims

• To increase our understanding of what is meant by
  creativity and innovation
• To increase awareness of how creative thinking
  can benefit childrens learning
• To be aware of how schools can foster creativity

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Do a PMI for the statement All cars should be
painted yellow
Edward de Bono
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Discussion Point What makes a creative teacher?
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Information Movie
Creative Thinking
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Key Points

• Everyone has the ability to be creative because
  creative processes are rooted in the imagination
• Our lives are shaped by the ideas we use to give
  them meaning
• Creativity may be described as the process of
  seeing new possibilities
• Hard and soft thinking relates to different
  hemispheres of the brain

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Key Points

• A key challenge for schools is how to help young
  people develop resilience around their creative
  ideas

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Perspective Movies
Creativity Dylan Wiliam Permission to be
Creative Brian Boyd
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Information Movie
Developing Creativity
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Key Question
What do we do to foster creativity in our
classrooms?
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Key Question
To what extent does the curriculum provide
learners with opportunities to develop their
creative strengths and abilities?
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Key Question
In what ways do we provide pupils with
opportunities for investigative and discovery
learning?
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Key Question
In what ways do we use assessment procedures to
reflect and reward creativity, enterprise and
innovation? What opportunities do pupils have to
assess their work in terms of originality and
value?
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Key Question
What are the links between emotions and
creativity? What is the significance of these
links?
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Key Question

• To what extent do we promote creative thinking by
  nurturing the qualities of
• Persistence
• Resilience
• Optimism
• Self-belief

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Key Question
What are some of the attitudes and skills which
need to be taught to foster creativity?
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Key Question
What are some of the limiting habits and false
beliefs in our school that restrict creative
thinking?
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Key Question

• To what extent do we promote creativity through
  role play, discussion and collaboration?

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Key Question

• To what extent do we encourage pupils to take
  risks, to be innovative and see new
  possibilities?

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Key Question

• What are the benefits to learners of creative
  thinking?

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Key Question

• What kinds of questions promote creative
  responses?

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Key Question
How could working with outside agencies and
real-life contexts stimulate creativity?
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Key Question
How do we encourage pupils to explore their
imaginations?
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Illustrative Movies
Creativity a community of writers Learning
learning through imaginative play
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Action Plan
What steps can our school take to foster
creativity?
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Action Plan
What steps can our school take to foster
creativity? How can we do this?
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