Placing Students at the Heart of Creative Learning

by Owen; Nick

• ISBN13: 9780415570015
• ISBN10: 0415570018
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2011-11-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Introducing creativity to the classroom is a concern for teachers, governments and future employers around the world, and there has been a drive to make experiences at school more exciting, relevant, challenging and dynamic for all young people, ensuring they leave education able to contribute to the global creative economy.Developing a Creative Curriculum shows teachers of key stages 2 and 3 how to introduce creativity to what is often seen as a prescriptive curriculum, and addresses the tensions between innovation and the requirement to follow the curriculum. Describing the different ways in which teachers and school leaders can deliver the curriculum to their pupils in exciting and refreshing ways, this book will explain:How to encourage teachers and pupils to 'own' the curriculumThe role that pupil voice plays in a creative curriculumThe environment needed to creatively manipulate the curriculumHow to introduce innovation to teaching practiceWhy a new creative curriculum is needed for the 21 st centuryProviding case studies and examples of the ways in which teachers have delivered the curriculum in a creative way, this book is an invaluable guide for all those involved in teaching and engaging young people.

Author Biography

Nick Owen is Director of the Aspire Trust, an Arts and Creative Industries Development Agency based in Liverpool and the Wirral, UK.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Series Introduction	p. ix
Notes on Contributors	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
The Vernacular and the Global: Fulbridge Primary School, Peterborough	p. 13
Slow Bread, Slow Cities, Slow Pedagogy: Dale Primary School, Derby	p. 30
Pulling the Rug Out from Under Our Feet: Old Park Primary School, Telford	p. 53
Think, Connect, Act: Belfairs High School, Southend	p. 69
Leading from the Head, the Heart and the Whole Body: Kingstone School, Barnsley	p. 88
Vigilant, Resilient and Transformative Change from 0 to 60 in Less than the Time Needed To Bat an Organisational Eye: Thornleigh Salesian College, Bolton	p. 108
Professional Development Sessions for Groups: Let's Imagine …	p. 125
Index	p. 132
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