Download - Mums Gone To Iceland V2
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Mum’s gone to Iceland
dynamoInnovation and Creativity in the hands of the young
dynamoThreefold long-term challenges for Europe
. economic
. societal (Europe’s aging population). environmental (including climate)
dynamoAmbassadors for creativity and innovation
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•Nurture creativity in a lifelong learning process
•Make schools and universities places where students and teachers engage in creative thinking and learning by doing
•Promote a strong, independent and diverse cultural sector that can sustain intercultural dialogue
dynamoEducation and Training (‘ET 2020’) Strategic Objective 4:
Enhancing creativity and innovation, including entrepreneurship, at all levels of education and training
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Junior Achievement-Young Enterprise (JA-YE)
dynamoCompanies know less about the future than ever before…..
• expected changes occur unexpectedly fast
• overflow of information
• tomorrow’s businesses haven’t been created yet
dynamoProfessor Anne Bamford
• more focus on developing creativity in schools
• more emphasis for integrating creative learning across all curriculum areas.
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• Nearly 20% of the total workforce of under 24 year olds are employed in the cultural industries, the highest in Europe (Eurostat cultural statistics 2007).
• Iceland has one of Europe’s lowest levels of students in the arts in higher education (only 2.6 %)
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Who can say it’s wrong to present a semi-circle like this?
‘Locked up thoughts’ about how things should be are stopping us from seeing possibilities and new solutions to our problems
dynamoGordon Torr
• creativity is the creation of ideas
• defeat of habit
• making things that people find remarkable
dynamoCreativity and innovation killers:• Constraints• Evaluation• organisational disinterest
• over regard for the status quo
• lack of resources• Competition• time pressure• Bribery• surveillance
dynamoOrganisation Patronage
• employees must spend 20% of their time not working
• 80 % of Google's innovations have come from this time
dynamoWhy is creativity so important to us?
• Economic Driver - knowledge is primary to economic productivity and we see achievement as excellence and creativity
• Social Driver - we now ask where are we going at each point in our lives
• Technological Driver - creativity is possible and demanded
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• Education has been depicted as taking knowledge and skills and giving it to someone else.
• Can such an education system, focusing on knowledge and skills encourage active participation?
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• create an environment that is broad
• expose staff and students to as many as possible craft skills.
• bring creativity into classroom
• encourage partnerships and co-operation in education
dynamoFeeling uncomfortable is a sure sign that something is changing!
• True creativity happens when a person takes more than a half days journey away from their comfort zone and never returns, thereby expanding the zone.