Creative Teaching and Learning (formerly Teaching Thinking & Creativity)
Issue 8.1
The Rights And Wrongs Of Homework
- Description:
- Work at home causes tension. Whether parents bring work home, or their kids have to struggle through mountains of homework, the result is nearly always the same – resentment that home is no longer the place in which to relax and pursue one's own enthusiasms.
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- 27/03/2007
News
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- News
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- 27/03/2007
The Ukulele Strategy
- Description:
- When primary teaching assistant Allison Burke offered to run a ukulele club in a Suffolk primary school, a quarter of all pupils wanted to join. How did she, and they, cope?
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- 27/03/2007
A Model For Thinking
- Description:
- Oliver Caviglioli suggests a clear framework with which to make the teaching of thinking a more meaningful pursuit.
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- 27/03/2007
The Creative Community Of Pistoia
- Description:
- Myra Barrs reports on creative approaches to pre-school education in the Italian city of Pistoia.
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- 27/03/2007
Thought Boards For 21st Century Science
- Description:
- Head of science Helen Zawadzki argues for the value of starting GCSE science topics with student’s questions and discussing them in ‘communities of enquiry’.
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- 27/03/2007
Creative Investigations In Science
- Description:
- Rosemary Feasey asks what it means to be creative in primary science classes.
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- 27/03/2007
Can Children Be Creative In Science?
- Description:
- Jane Johnston explores the creative possibilities in a cross-curricular approach to science with young children.
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- 27/03/2007
Professional Risk Taking
- Description:
- Rosemary Feasey reports on what happened when a primary school in Durham designed its own curriculum.
- Submitted On:
- 27/03/2007
In Pursuit Of Meaning
- Description:
- Fiona Maine explores how children interpret meaning together through critical and creative thinking.
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- 27/03/2007
Consequence Mapping
- Description:
- Oliver Caviglioli introduces a tool to structure thinking about consequences.
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- 27/03/2007
Philosophy And The Emotions
- Description:
- Lizzy Lewis reports on her research into the effect of Philosophy for Children on children’s emotional and personal development.
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- 27/03/2007
Creating A Thinking School
- Description:
- What is a thinking school? Nannette Paine gives a consultant's perspective on helping schools achieve recognition through a new ‘Thinking School’ award from Exeter University.
- Submitted On:
- 27/03/2007
Can Creativity Be Taught?
- Description:
- Meryn Lebor and Ian Ingram write a dialogue to explore their understanding of the concept of creativity.
- Submitted On:
- 27/03/2007
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