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Creative Habits of Mind and how to cultivate them

Bill Lucas, Professor of Learning @LucasLearn @EducatingRuby @eed_net

15+ years’ research !

www.creativegraduate.com

Lucas, B, Spencer, E. and Claxton, G. (2013) ‘Progression in student creativity in school: first steps towards new forms of formative assessments’, OECD Education Working Papers, No 86. Paris: OECD Publishing

‘The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind –

creators and empathizers, pattern recognisers and meaning makers. These

people – artist, inventors, caregivers, consolers, big picture thinkers – will now

reap society’s richest rewards and share its greatest joys.’

Dan Pink (2005) A Whole New Mind New York: Riverhead Books

‘Creativity is intelligence having fun’

Albert Einstein [allegedly!]

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Rayner, K. et al (2006) Raeding Wrods With Jubmled Lettres: There Is a Cost. Psychological Science, 17(3), 192-193

New ideas

Patterns Routines

The Creative Mind

Craft, A. (2008) Approaches to Assessing Creativity in Fostering Personalisation. Paper prepared for discussion at DCSF Seminar, in London.

Creativity is:

 complex and multi-faceted, occurring in all domains of life  learnable  core to what it is to be successful today  capable of being analysed at an individual level in terms of dispositions,  strongly influenced by context and by social factors.

‘Intelligence is the habit of persistently trying to understand things and make them function better. Intelligence is working to figure things out, varying

strategies until a workable solution is found… One’s intelligence is the sum of

one’s habits of mind.’ Resnick, L. (1999). Making America Smarter. Education Week Century Series. 18(40), 38-40

How do you cultivate a Disposition or Habit of Mind?

1.  Understand it [its components and what it looks like when students do it]

2.  Create the climate for it [be a role model, use displays, use language which encourages it, notice it, reward it]

3.  Teach it (1) [choose pedagogies, materials, visitors, visits likely to encourage it]

4.  Teach it (2) [split screen – subject + habit] 5.  Build learner engagement [students own it]

[Understand it]

[Create the climate for it]

[Choose methods to teach it]

The idea of ‘signature pedagogy’

Lee Shulman (2005) Signature pedagogies in the professions. Daedelus, 134, 52-59

Inquisitive Wondering and Questioning Exploring and Questioning Challenging assumptions

Persistent Tolerating uncertainty Sticking with difficulty Daring to be different

Imaginative Playing with possibilities Making connections Using intuition

Disciplined Crafting and Improving Developing techniques Reflecting critically

Collaborative Cooperating appropriately Giving and receiving feedback Sharing the ‘product’

Inquisitive Wondering and Questioning Exploring and Questioning Challenging assumptions

Persistent Tolerating uncertainty Sticking with difficulty Daring to be different

Imaginative Playing with possibilities Making connections Using intuition

Disciplined Crafting and Improving Developing techniques Reflecting critically

Collaborative Cooperating appropriately Giving and receiving feedback Sharing the ‘product’

Inquisitive Wondering and Questioning

Inquisitive Wondering and Questioning Exploring and Questioning Challenging assumptions

Persistent Tolerating uncertainty Sticking with difficulty Daring to be different

Imaginative Playing with possibilities Making connections Using intuition

Disciplined Crafting and Improving Developing techniques Reflecting critically

Collaborative Cooperating appropriately Giving and receiving feedback Sharing the ‘product’

Persistent Sticking with Difficulty

Source: Guy Claxton – Building Learning Power

[Use ‘split screen’ as you teach it]

Content +

Habit

[Engage students]

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bill.lucas@winchester.ac.uk @LucasLearn @EducatingRuby