I find myself thinking about how to define creativity almost every day. (Who cares about defining it I hear you say? I do, because I value it, in all its manifestations and I also happen to think it’s crucial to the very fabric of an educational institution.) Ensconced in the exciting and driven atmosphere of a
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Thoughts on the Reflective Conservatoire Conference
It is sadly not often enough that we get to stop and think about what, as educators and practitioners, we do on a daily basis – it is so easy to get caught up in the daily operations and delivery, but the Reflective Conservatoire Conference held at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama earlier
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An issue that has always intrigued me is that of ‘creativity’. One of my favourite sources on this topic is Ken Robinson, in particular his book “Out of our minds: Learning to be Creative”. Over the next couple of posts I will be exploring this topic a little further, side-by-side with my current work on
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One of the courses I will be teaching next academic year is entirely focussed on writing within the arts. As part of my preparation for this course, I’ve decided to collect my ideas and experiences on both writing and reading. As a result the following posts are really written with my students in mind (hence
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How important is creativity in today’s teaching spaces? It’s a question that is gradually coming more into focus and one which is certainly worthy of our attention. As 1-1 teachers, or eve small group facilitators is this something we need to be thinking about? Perhaps because I work in an arts environment, it has always
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