Transforming lives through learning Creative Revolution Truths and Misconceptions

Transforming lives through learning We do not have to make a case for creativity in the curriculum.

Transforming lives through learning We do not have to make a case for creativity in the curriculum.

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Creativity is very clearly at the heart of the philosophy of Curriculum for Excellence and is fundamental to the definition of what it means to be a ‘successful learner’ in the Scottish education system. Education Scotland, Creativity Across Learning, 2013

Transforming lives through learning Creativity, an innate feature of children from these early years and beyond, emerges as a central defining characteristic for the technologies which is revisited throughout this report. The importance of an emphasis on creativity cannot be overstated…

Transforming lives through learning Creativity Drawing and painting =

Transforming lives through learning Creativity Visual Art =

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Transforming lives through learning Creativity Thinking =

Transforming lives through learning Creativity Thinking =

Transforming lives through learning Creativity Divergent Thinking =

Transforming lives through learning Creativity Divergent Thinking =

Transforming lives through learning The potential of a straw

Transforming lives through learning The potential of a straw What if it were made of rubber? What if it were made of elastic? What if the cylinders fit inside one another? What if it I cut it into different bits or shapes? What if it were to be cut length ways?

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What contribution can Early Learning and Childcare make to the Creative Revolution?

Transforming lives through learning Being creative makes you happy.

Transforming lives through learning Being creative makes you happy.

Transforming lives through learning I do hate it when they make us think for ourselves. I wish we had more of those commercially produced, self- adhesive shapes. The cars and animals stickers? I wouldn’t know where to begin making a car without them.

Transforming lives through learning Quick Chat Which is best?

Transforming lives through learning ‘Template Denial’ Theory Dance Construction Role Play Music Water Sand Outdoors Snack

Transforming lives through learning “We show children where to look but we do not tell them what to see.”

Transforming lives through learning “We don’t grown into creativity, we grow out of it.”

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