1. The document discusses the importance of cultural and creative learning for developing skills like creativity, problem solving, collaboration and more.
2. It advocates for schools that cultivate student inquisitiveness, persistence, imagination and discipline through authentic, flexible and workshop-style learning experiences.
3. Research shows that access to cultural activities at a young age depends greatly on parents' education levels, and many children spend little to no time engaged in culture. The document calls for broad, high-quality cultural opportunities for all students.
2. We know what we need
"There are powerful reasons to believe that what worked
spectacularly between 1960 and 2010 will not work
between 2010 and 2060.
"It will depend on individuals who are open to ideas and
arguments and who are part of teams in which vigorous
debate, dissent and discomfort exist. It will require a
culture of openness - to argument and to ideas, experts
and outsiders, the young and the new."
Oceans of Innovation: The Atlantic, the Pacific, global
leadership and the future of education
(Barber, Donnelly and Rozvi 2012)
3. Is this what weve got (1) ?
(1) The Test-Score/Interest Paradox
5. Building the Creative
Generation (1)
1. Inquisitive Wondering and Questioning
Exploring and Investigating
Challenging assumptions
2. Persistent Managing uncertainty
Sticking with difficulty
Daring to be different
3. Imaginative Playing with possibilities
Making Connections
Using intuition
6. Building the Creative
Generation (2)
4. Disciplined Crafting and Improving
Developing techniques
Reflecting critically
5. Collaborative Cooperating appropriately
Giving and receiving feedback
Sharing the product
7. What type of school does it need (1)
High System
Schools with Schools with high
high test scores test scores and
but low pupil independent
independence motivated pupils
and motivation
Low High
Functioning Functioning
Schools with creative
Low performing
activities which are
schools
enjoyable but do not
impact pupil learning
Low System
8. What type of school does it need (2)
Guided Role of the teacher Challenging
Contrived Nature of activities Authentic
Bellbound Organisation of time Flexible
Classroom Organisation of space Workshop
Individual Approach to tasks Group
Hidden Visibility of processes High
Static Location of activities Mobile
Ignored Self as learning resource Central
Some Inclusiveness All
Directed Role of learner Self managing
9. Why does Cultural Education matter
and the argument for Design?
The Intrinsic: Culture enriches lives
The Extrinsic: Culture changes lives (1)
Self-confidence and personal identity
Creativity and problem solving
Self-discipline and team work
Communication
Challenge to adult under-expectation
Combatting disaffection and underachievement
10. Why does Cultural Education matter
and the argument for Design..?
The Extrinsic: Culture changes live (2)
Personalised learning and commitment
Talent and career pathways
Culture providing livelihoods
Mass participation ( not just observation)
Community cohesion
11. What are the characteristics of a
cultural offer? (1)
Learning in and about culture
- critical spectators, participants and creators in
the cultural world around them
Learning through culture
- engagement with culture to boost creativity,
attainment and personal development
12. What are the characteristics of a cultural
offer? (2)
Breadth
We want children to experience all cultural
forms not what just happens to be on offer in
their area
Reach
We want this range of experience for all
children not a fortunate few
Quality and sustainability
We want ongoing high quality experiences not
one off projects
Pathways
We want all young people to be able to take
their interests and passions and talents to the
next level and if appropriate into their career
choices
14. Ipsos Mori research on young
peoples engagement in the
arts
The main predictors of young
peoples engagement in cultural
activity at primary school age are
the educational qualifications of
their parents.
The children of parents with no
educational qualifications are least
likely to participate.
There are 482,000
primary age
children in the UK
in this category.
15. Many primary-aged children
spend no time on cultural
activities
70% of children of parents with no
educational qualifications spend
less than three hours per week on
cultural activities. 42% spend
none.
80% of children whose
parents have degrees spend
more than 3 hours per week
on cultural activities. 27%
spend more than 10 hours.
16. The Design Ventura
Challenge (1)
- Establish the moral and educational
imperative
- Dont polarise the debate - wholeness
- Pursue a creative pedagogy
- Unlock demand before increasing supply
- Invest in Research - Sweat the evidence
- .
17. Invest in Research Provided
Between Sweat the evidence (1) training for
2008 60,000
-11 teachers
Engaging
750,000
young people
Working intensively with
133
3900 schools
Local Authorities
18. Invest in research
Sweat the evidence (2)
academic achievement
confidence, communication, motivation, expectations
creative practitioners, teacher skills, diversity
home-school communication
pupil attendance
greatest impact in places of greatest deprivation
wellbeing
the how and the why
www.creativitycultureeducation.org/research-reports
29. Family Faces
Where did your ideas come from?
From my dreams
How pleased are you with your
sculpture?
Very pleased. Next time I think Ill do
even better because I learned so
much the first time. I achieved
something I never thought Id be
able to do.
www.creative-partnerships.com
www.creatvitycultureeducation.org
30. The Design Ventura
Challenge (2)
- Establish the moral and educational
imperative
- Dont polarise the debate - wholeness
- Pursue a creative pedagogy
- Unlock demand before increasing supply
- Invest in Research - Sweat the evidence
- Keep the torch burning !
31. Paul Roberts
Chair of the Trustees
Creativity, Culture and
Education
(CCE UK)
paul.roberts@cceengland.org
www.creativitycultureeducation.or
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Editor's Notes
#4: Finland and Mexico Countries which have low interest levels and low scores (USA, Nordic), and countries which have High scores and high interest levels (Japan, Germany) This finding is not new, and emerges in fact with many self-reproted measures that have affective components. Partly because these are self-reported measures, this has led to interpret sometimes these negative correlations as misleading artifacts related to the response behaviour of students. Few people actually have tried to interpret this differently, with the consequence that international comparisons of school success never take into account these components. However, there is no reason to expect that the true correlation, if we were able to measure authentic interest without using self-reports, is positive, just because curiosity and test achievement are both desirable outcomes.