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Creativity 21st Century Skill

• What • Why

• How

• Policy Implications

• When + Where (application exercise)

Creativity is cycle, a thinking process.

Inspire-Explore-Create-Evaluate

Creativity is the ability to see what’s not there and make

things happen.P21

Creativity is thinking out of

the box.

Creativity has roots in

curiosity, playful

branches, and leaves

new discoveries.

Visual Voices: Kids Speak Up for Creativity

“Magical Creativity Glasses"By Erika J. 6th grade

“Creativity let’s you see the world with different eyes."

“Vines of Life“ by Niza, age 12

"Creativity is each of our gift. Creativity reflects how unique you are and what separates you from everyone else.“

Creativity myths…

Cheryl’s logo

…creativity is not only about being

an artist. Instead creativity is a habit of mind

that applies to every aspect of

our lives.

creativity is not a special gift that a few people are born with… it can be grown within everyone.

21st Century Readiness

Why a 21st Century Skill?

Source: Are They Really Ready to Work?(2008) The Conference Board, Corporate Voices for Working Families, P21, and SHRM

Critical Thinking

Creativity

Collaboration

Communication

Creative Experiences Build 21st

Century Skills

original ideas solveproblems

Answers are discovered,not memorized

to express what is within and around us

celebrate multiple perspectivesnew ways to see the world

Why Children Need Creative Experiences in School…

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Creative folks feel like colorful peacocks in a sea of

formal penguins.

How can school culture leverage both strengths?

Create the Culture

Source: Annette Simmons “Using Art in Training”Author: Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins and The Story Factor

Cheryl’s logo

Draw Your Culture

Photo credit: Lansing Public Schools

Draw Your Culture…

Hands on exercise

Existing

Time

Com

plex

ity

Project-Based Authentic Assessment instead of Standardized

Tests

Creative Thinking

Skills Taught to Enhance all Subjects

Art Teachers = Chief

Creative Officer in Schools

Change Maps

Planning Change

Engage Administration

& Parents in Values of Creativity

Forum

Assess Culture re: Champion Creatively Alive Kids

Gain District Commitment to

4Cs: Critical Thinking, Creativity,

Collaboration & Communication

Current“Inconsistent support of Creativity in Schools.”

Dream Space 5 year horizon

“Creativity = one of 4 Cs Priority for

Preparing Students with 21st

Century Skills”

What does creativity look like in k12?

Source: High Tech High

What I have in common with Hydrogen…

Gets Along Well With Others: I have an easy-going nature about me and would consider myself to have a go with the flow personality. Just like Hydrogen I like to be near others and hanging out with friends any chance I get. In this fast paced world we live in, sometimes its nice to just spend some time relaxing with friends.

Low Boiling Point (-252.87 C): Generally, I am a calm and collected individual. As is true of anyone, I have my moments of high stress and low patience, but for the most part I am a calm and caring individual. I share my cool nature with Hydrogen.

Source: High Tech High

Creativity: Will you know it when you see it?

ImaginativeThinking

PurposefulWork

Original Work

Of Value to Others

Sangaku

From the June 5, 2006, Princeton Weekly Bulletin <http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/06/0605/5a.shtml>

Sangaku

Creativity: Will you know it when you see it?

ImaginativeThinking

PurposefulWork

Original Work

Of Value to Others

The questions we ask…

Use Gapminder to form a series of hypotheses to be investigated about the spread and impact of HIV globally.

Creativity: Will you know it when you see it?

ImaginativeThinking

PurposefulWork

Original Work

Of Value to Others

Visual representation

Can creativity be scaffolded?

Your Turn

1. Review and reflect on the following sequence of data from an investigation (CSI-like).

2. Hypothesize what happened, based on evidence.

Your Turn…

Tracks

Scene 1

Scene 2

Scene 3

Scene 1

Scene 2

Scene 3

Your Hypothesis?

Culture: Creating Space for Creativity

• Imaginative Thinking/Intellectual Safety– Questioning, challenging, taking risks– Defining the problem (new ways of seeing the problem)– Analogies/Metaphors – parallels in other universes– Representing the solution

• Collaborative, open inquiry that leads to expertise and associations

– Encourage cycles of collaborative open inquiry, reflection, and evaluation– Encourage a range of explorations– Advance generative thinking– Use the growth model of intelligence as a classroom principle

• Intrinsic motivation/advocacy– Encourage students to “problem find”– Scaffold students into connections with prior knowledge– Probe to uncover student interests and curiosities

Model

Explain

Surround

Probe

Assess

It Ought to be a Law…

Safety records suggest that silver vehicles have the best safety record.

Should the federal government ban all colors except silver for all on-road vehicles?

Scaffolding creativitythrough Assignments

A. Jamie is provided a 2-hour block daily for a semester to create a senior project – his choice: any topic, any medium, intent is to demonstrate learning to panel.

B. Elaine and Bob are asked to choose an aspect of social networking today and compare and contrast it to the social networking of the 1920s. Five class periods are dedicated to the assignment. Presentation to classmates.

C. Marie, Philip, and Charles are to work with a local zoo to solve a problem: Situation: the polar bears spend 80% of their time in their cave (where visitors can’t see them) and only 20% of the time in the water (where visitors can see them). Their challenge: make the bears more visible to visitors. Budget: $150.00. Timeframe: 10 weeks.

Scaffolding creativity through Assignments

A.Jamie is provided a 2-hour block daily for a semester to create a senior project – his choice: any topic, any medium, intent is to demonstrate learning to panel.

B.Elaine and Bob are asked to choose an aspect of social networking today and compare and contrast it to the social networking of the 1920s. Five class periods are dedicated to the assignment. Presentation to classmates.

C.Marie, Philip, and Charles are to work with a local zoo to solve a problem: Situation: the polar bears spend 80% of their time in their cave (where visitors can’t see them) and only 20% of the time in the water (where visitors can see them). Their challenge: make the bears more visible to visitors. Budget: $150.00. Timeframe: 10 weeks.

Policy Discussion

Policy Implications

Cheryl’s logo

Policy Implications

Policy Implications

Benefits of Creative Experiences

Compared two types of preschools:

Creative Experiences improved child outcomes

Photo Credit: A Diamond, Tools of the Mind report, Science, 2008

Policy Implications

Policy Opportunities

• The Common Core + the 4 Cs• National Agenda: student creativity

and economic viability• Fund innovative models• Establish media bank of examples• Assess the 4 Cs plus self-direction

Q&A Discussion

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