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Research and Policy
A Culture Strategy for Scotland
A Culture Strategy for Scotland shows how important culture is to Scotland’s prosperity and sets the future direction for supporting culture in Scotland...
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Creative Partners
Visible Fictions
Since 1991 we have been creating innovative and dynamic theatrical experiences and creative learning projects for young people of all ages...
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Quotes
“An inherent link seems to exist between creativity and science and mathematics education...”
—Creative Little Scientists, EU Funded Research Project
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Research and Policy
Innovation Population - the UK's views on Innovation
Published by NESTA and based on online surveys of 6000+ UK adults and focus groups in six locations including Glasgow, the report examines views on innovation, technology and progress...
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Research and Policy
Scotland's Creative Learning Plan
September 2013 saw publication of Scotland’s Creative Learning Plan which was developed with a range of partners...
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Research and Policy
Creative Conversations within Education Scotland - evaluation report
Creative conversations within Education Scotland posed the question "What is creativity...
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Research and Policy
Eric Booth Website
As "one of the 25 most important people in American arts education" Eric Booth has influenced our own thinking about creativity across teaching and learning here in Scotland...
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Creative Partners
Scottish Book Trust
Scottish Book Trust is the leading agency for the promotion of literature, reading and writing...
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Creative Partners
Company Chordelia
Formed in 2002 by artistic director Kally Lloyd-Jones, Company Chordelia defies traditional dance boundaries, working creatively by bringing music, opera, theatricality, story-telling, design and imagination to all its productions...
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Research and Policy
GTCS Professional Recognition Award - Creative Learning
GTC Scotland's Professional Recognition Award in Creative Learning recognises the enhanced, significant and sustained enquiry a teacher has undertaken and the development of their professional learning in this area...
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Research and Policy
The National Parent Forum of Scotland Guide to Creativity
The National Parent Forum of Scotland nutshell guide, with a focus on Creativity, Enterprise and Employability, is aimed at parents with children of all ages...
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Research and Policy
A Creative Approach to Improvement Planning
A Powerpoint presentation by Education Scotland...
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Research and Policy
Data Generator - Creative & Cultural Industries
The Data generator is an online service designed to help individuals and businesses in the creative sector to access the latest industry research and analysis...
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Research and Policy
How to Use Distraction to Your Advantage
Online article highlighting that psychologists say that people who’ve had creative success often have “leaky attention,” meaning that when they are concentrating on one thing, other irrelevant information can still seep into their consciousness (information that’s irrelevant to their current task, but potentially very useful longer term)...
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Quotes
“True scientific progress relies as much on an excellent specific education as on creativity and an ability to think and venture beyond what appears to be correct and reasonable...”
—Philipp Kukura, Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Oxford
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Research and Policy
5 Creativity Myths You Probably Believe
Misconceptions cloak creativity in mystique and they foster elitism—the idea that the potential for innovation and imagination is a rare gift enjoyed by only a select few creative types...
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Creative Partners
Flummix
The Flummix STEM-Antics workshops and shows successfully unite the arts and STEM subjects to develop skills in creativity, computational thinking and confidence...
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Quotes
“Infants are extreme explorers; they possess qualities that are often lost by adulthood: curiosity, novelty seeking, always learning (and adapting) without much hesitation, and perhaps most importantly, not being afraid of failing...”
—Rachel Wu - Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, New York