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Does creativity have a dark side?

Jan 30, 2019 | Category: Featured

Of course it’s desirable that students are able to identify problems, generate potential solutions, evaluate the effectiveness of those strategies, and then communicate with others about the value o...

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What do we mean by 'skills'?

Nov 10, 2016 | Category: Featured

Any definition of skills depends on knowledge. Joe Kirby has written persuasively about skills and knowledge forming a double helix - inseparably intertwined and mutually interdependent. This is defin...

#creativity #skills #essay writing #procedural knowledge #propositional knowledge #tacit knowledge

More guff on creativity

Feb 03, 2016 | Category: myths

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. (One of my favourite fake Einstein quotes.) What is it about creativity that makes so many otherwise sensible people say such silly thin...

#creativity #Jim al Khalili

20 psychological principles for teachers #8 Creativity

May 31, 2015 | Category: psychology

In this, the eighth in a series of posts examining a report on the Top 20 Principles From Psychology for Teaching and Learning, I take a closer look at Principle 8: “Student creativity can be fostered...

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The dark art of creativity

Apr 11, 2014 | Category: myths

I was recently reminded of the 'schools are killing creativity' trope that was so prevalent a few years ago. Tempting as it may be to nod along with Ken Robinson and his cronies, it's worth contemplat...

#creativity #Sir Ken Robinson #Ray Bradbury #Scott Adams #Steve Jobs #TS Eliot

Teaching creatively vs teaching creativity

May 20, 2012 | Category: learning

What is creativity? Can it be taught? Can it be aped or emulated? Or is copying something that someone else is doing, by its very nature, a lack of creativity? Oft quoted creativity guru Sir Ken Robin...

#creativity #Ian Gilbert #Sir Ken Robinson #Nina Jackson #Richard Wiseman #Salvador Dali

Creativity, analysis and comparison

Feb 11, 2012 | Category: English

English teachers have a tough gig. We need to constantly hone the hard-edged skill of analysis whilst simultaneously encouraging the fluffy stuff of creativity. There’s a lot said and written about cr...

#creativity #Sir Ken Robinson #grammar #analysis #comparison #Dickens #dumbing down #Toby Young

Does group work work?

Jul 18, 2011 | Category: learning

Have just been reading 59 Seconds by Professor Richard Wiseman (@RichardWiseman) and am rather dismayed to note that contrary to popular belief, but according to scientific research, groups are less c...

#creativity #group work

Rip it up: Hula hooping about literature

Jul 16, 2011 | Category: English

I keep this post on the site to remind me just how far I've come. When I wrote this in 2011, despite teaching for 12 years, I knew practically nothing about education. I am now rather ashamed and emba...

#learning #creativity #hula hoops #risks