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Developing creativity with Cambridge Global Perspectives®
Janet Morris Director, International Network
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Today’s agenda What is creativity?
What skills do we need to be creative? Cambridge Global Perspectives Innovative approach to learning Examples from the classroom How the programme develops creativity
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Our changing world ‘Reflections on the Human Condition’, Eric Hoffer, 1973
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Creativity and innovation
The principle goal of education is to create people who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done – people who are creative, inventive and discoverers. Jean Piaget ( )
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What is creativity?
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Did you think of something like this?
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A broader conception of creativity
Electricity is not only present in a magnificent thunderstorm and dazzling lightning, but also in a lamp… Creativity exists not only where it creates great historical works, but also everywhere human imagination combines, changes, and creates anything new. Lev Vygotsky ( )
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A broader conception of creativity
James Kaufman and Ronald Beghetto, 2010
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Which subjects can be creative?
“…artists and scientists all try to be creative and try to be imaginative in their work.” Yuan Tseh Lee Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1986 “Be curious, be playful” Richard Feynman Nobel Prize in Physics 1965
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Which skills do we need to be creative?
Metacognition Make connections Have Confidence Take risks Experiment Clarify Question assumptions Find alternatives Find unexpected combinations Creativity Developing the Cambridge Learner Attributes (Stobie, 2017)
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Which skills does Global Perspectives develop?
Research Problem-solving Reflection Collaboration Communication Metacognition Make connections Have Confidence Take risks Experiment Clarify Question assumptions Find alternatives Find unexpected combinations Creativity Innovation
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Cambridge Global Perspectives
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Cross-curricular approach
Water, food and farming Biology Geography History Home economics English Maths Creative arts Politics
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Different perspectives
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A global thinking routine
A routine from Project Zero: Why might this [topic, question] matter to me? Why might it matter to people around me [family, friends, city, nation]? Why might it matter to the world? Cape Town, South Africa Source: New York Times
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Cambridge Primary Global Perspectives Team Project
Learners move through four phases to complete the Team Project: Learners work as a team to identify local issues they would like to improve. They explore different local perspectives about these issues in order to identify one to focus on. The team conducts research on the issue and uses this to set a goal to improve, change or resolve the local issue. The team then undertakes a course of action to take in order to achieve this goal. 1 2 3 4
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Evidence of Action The evidence can be:
a poster, information leaflet, brochure or website a presentation, song, poem, role play, series of photographs, short film or cartoon a video recording of the action taken to meet the goal An essay response is not acceptable
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Evidence of Action
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The final outcome
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What do schools think? I must say our kids and teachers are having a wonderful experience with the Global Perspectives pilot programme. Parents too are always sharing how curious and creative their kids have become and how they can't stop talking about the sessions. They look forward to their Global Perspectives session, week after week. JBCN International School, India
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How does Global Perspectives develop creativity?
Working towards an outcome encourages creativity Deliberate practice of creative process Drawing on a range of themes, content, and ways of thinking Laying foundations for creative thinking in other subjects and in future learning
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Find out more Cambridge Global Perspectives web pages Talk to our team
cambridgeinternational.org/globalperspectives Talk to our team Developing the Cambridge Learner Attributes cambridgeinternational.org/learning Contact Cambridge International
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Today’s agenda What is creativity?
What skills do we need to be creative? Cambridge Global Perspectives Innovative approach to learning Examples from the classroom How the programme develops creativity
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Thank you
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