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Research and Policy
Coffitivity
A team of researchers, led by Ravi Mehta at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign tested the effects of varying levels of noise on participants’ creative thinking skills, proving that moderately loud background noise boosts creative thinking...
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Online Teaching Tools
Paint like Jackson Pollock
Voted amongst the top 50 "coolest websites" by TIME Magazine - try your hand at painting like Jackson Pollock...
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Online Teaching Tools
TED - The Creative Spark
Over 300 filmed talks on a broad range of creative themes by some of the leading speakers and innovators...
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Research and Policy
Radio #EDUtalk: Creative Learning
Stephen Bullock and Julia Fenby, development officers with Education Scotland, talk about Creative Learning...
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Online Teaching Tools
Marks on the Landscape
An interdisciplinary creative learning and teaching resource based around Fife Earth, an ambitious land regeneration project...
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Creative Partners
Jupiter Artland Foundation
Jupiter Artland Foundation is a contemporary sculpture park set in 120 acres of woodland just outside Edinburgh...
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Videos
Cultures of Creativity, nurturing creative mindsets
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Creative Partners
The Necessary Space
The Necessary Space was created to continue the work that Simon Sharkey pioneered as one of the founding directors of National Theatre of Scotland...
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Creative Partners
Lyceum Theatre
The Creative Learning department at The Lyceum is all about engaging the community in the life of the theatre; it is about inspiring, educating and entertaining people from all walks of life and all ages to engage with theatre and be creative For schools we offer everything from one-off workshops to interdisciplinary long-term projects and continuing professional development for teachers...
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Creative Partners
Horsecross Arts
Horsecross Arts Ltd runs Perth Theatre and Perth Concert Hall...
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Research and Policy
99 Percent
99% is a think tank that focuses on what happens after inspiration - researching the forces that truly push ideas forward...
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Research and Policy
Understanding How to Frame Your Creative Expertise
Again and again I see talented people with ideas they want to share – books they want to write, talks they want to give, businesses they want to launch – holding back because they think they "don't know enough" about their topic...
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Online Teaching Tools
What is Graphic Design Poster Competition
A collection of posters on Flickr submitted to a contest: come up with something creative or witty that visualises the question 'What is Graphic Design...
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Research and Policy
Creative Thinkering
A psychology based blog resurrecting your natural creativity through inspiring techniques and practical examples...
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Research and Policy
Skills in a Nutshell
The National Parent Forum of Scotland Summary of Skills, published as part of their Curriculum for Excellence in a Nutshell series, lays out the basics behind skills across the curriculum in two sides of A4...
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Creative Partners
Dundee Rep Theatre
Dundee Rep Theatre is a vibrant, world class, award winning performing arts organisation made up of Dundee Rep Ensemble, Scottish Dance Theatre and Dundee Rep Creative Learning...
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Research and Policy
The Glow Professional Learning Community for Creativity
Engage in conversation around creativity with educators right across Scotland by using the #creativity hashtag in the National Professional Learning Community...
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Creative Partners
Drake Music Scotland
Drake Music Scotland, established in 1997 are the nation’s leading national organisation providing music education opportunities for disabled people, and those with additional support needs, and were Scotland’s Charity of the year in 2019...
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Creative Partners
Eden Court Theatre & Cinemas - CREATIVE
Eden Court is the Theatre for the Highlands and Islands and presents a wide and varied programme of music, drama, dance, comedy and film to appeal to all residents of the Highlands and visitors to the area...
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Research and Policy
Learning: creative approaches that raise standards
An OFSTED report on how 44 schools used creative approaches to learning...