One thing I keep coming back to is this: children are often far more capable than we give them credit for. And yet, some schools continue to fill their days with worksheets. Often well-intentioned, yes. But let’s be honest — many of them are, if not actively soul-destroying, then at the very least designed to… Continue reading Worksheets: Why Children Deserve More Than Tick-Box Thinking
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Creativity: what is it, and do I really need to be good at it?
Creativity is no longer a luxury, it’s about survival. Gerard Puccio, International Centre for Studies in Creativity. My six-year old friend told me, incredulously, that there was an easy way to solve the chicken and egg question. “You just change how you understand the question. You could say it depends totally on the steepness of… Continue reading Creativity: what is it, and do I really need to be good at it?
Can creativity be taught?
In short, yes. Some universities even teach it. Hurrah to them – yet why on earth, if being creative is one of the key human-only skills we will need in the increasingly automated workplace, isn’t learning to be creative a standard part of any – every – school curriculum? The late Ken Robinson claimed that… Continue reading Can creativity be taught?