unlocking young people’s creativity

Innovation and Creativity in Education and Training

Unlocking Young People’s CreativityPaul Collard, CCE (Creativity, Culture and Education), UK

Thessaloniki, 14-15 September 2009

What do we teach young people?

Creative Partnerships Cornwall Seeds of TrebahPhotography: Neale & Neale

Curriculum 2009

English

Maths

History

Geography

Science

Foreign Language

Art and Design

Music

Curriculum 1902

English

Maths

History

Geography

Science

Foreign Language

Drawing

Creative Partnerships Bristol Chatterbox project Photography: Pickled Image

Creative Partnerships London South Drawing with Light Photographer: Robert Taylor

‘Progressive’ Curriculum 1750

English

Maths

History

Geography

Science

Latin and Greek

Drawing + Fortification

Employment Prospects

60% of the jobs kids in school today will do have not yet been invented

Creative Partnerships London East Raw Skills Dance projectPhotographer: Dee Conway

Aim

To teach young people to live in a tolerant, diverse, creative, multi- cultural society

Creative Partnerships Cornwall Double ActPhotography: Sam Morgan Moore

How to achieve this aim ?

Learn French

Creative Partnerships Cornwall Polperro FestivalPhotographer: Steve Tanner

Or Spanish ?

“Students particularly enjoyed Spanish week whose grand finale was a re-enactment of the Battle of Trafalgar”

- parents newsletter

What should we teach young people?

Creative Partnerships Cornwall Watch this space Photographer: Nick Robinson at Sam Morgan Moore

We should….

- Develop creative skills suited to the modern economy

- Use creativity as a motivator

- Teach the curriculum more creatively

Creative Partnerships SloughMontem School projectPhotographer: Lesley Young

What are creative skills ?

- Thinking imaginatively

- Taking confident decisions

- Taking and managing risks

- Asking open questions

- Lots of ideas

- Listening to other people

- Emotionally literate

- Spotting surprises

- Persistence/resilience

- Reflecting critically

Key Competences

overlap & interlock

Mother tongueForeign languagesMath & scienceDigitalLearning to learn Social & civicEntrepreneurshipCultural

Underpinned by …

Critical thinking CreativityInitiative takingProblem solvingRisk assessmentDecision taking Managing feelings…

implications for…

School curriculaSchool organisationTeacher educationTeachers ways of working

http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/2010/objectives_en.html#basic

“Traditional” and transversal – subject-related and cross-curricular

Creative Partnerships Bristol Chatterbox project Photography: Pickled Image

We asked our teams to describe successful creative schools, and they said they were..

- Imaginative

- Confident decision makers

- Good at taking and managing risks

- Full of questions

- Full of ideas

- Emotionally literate

- Persistent and resilient

- Critical reflectors

How should we teach creativity?

Putting Children at the centre

Its not about us, its about them

Use the arts – for instance to teach them to see

Teach them to listen, talk and have great ideas

Creative Partnership Tees Valley Blaze! Opera projectPhotography: Highland Studios

Listen to what they say

Let them become co- creators of their own learning

Make them do the work

Creative Partnerships Cornwall Watch this space Photographer: Nick Robinson at Sam Morgan Moore

Put them in charge

Does it make a difference?

Creative Partnerships Manchester SalfordCreative Thinking and Me Photographer: Anne Worthington

Research and Evaluation

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NFER – Tracking 13,000 young people over several years shows that Creative Partnerships programmes are worth 2.5 grades at 16 years og age.

Creative Partnerships Norfolk Millfield Creative Week

Research and Evaluation

BMRB survey of 650 head teachers saw over 90% saying that CP:

•Improved teaching skills and teachers creativity

•Improved pupils academic achievement

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Improved pupils motivation, confidence and communication skills

Creative Partnerships BDRDigital Photo Mosaic SystemPhotographer: Gavin Joynt

Research and Evaluation

CLPE – Creative Partnerships programmes engage parents in their children’s education

NFER – Creative Partnerships programmes are associated with significant reductions in truancy rates

Why is it important ?

The rest of the world gets it too

Creative Partnerships BDR Launch projectPhotographer: Richard Hanson

…and so now does the Government !

Creative Partnerships London SouthArchitecture of EmotionPhotographer: Rehana Mughal

…and now so does Europe

How might you represent creativity and innovation on a study visit ?

Creative Partnerships Birmingham SafahrPhotographer: Geof Slack

-Let the children and young people do the talking-Show the research evidence – particularly the young people’s-Represent community as asset- Introduce the external professionals-Show that great leadership is about empowerment- Meet the parents-Reflect openly-Take risks

Elements of a study visit

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