Making space in our schools for children to develop their creativity

Kim Wilson; Janet Dutton

Making space in our schools for children to develop their creativity

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Abstract

Nurturing creativity is a key focus of twenty-first century educational and employment discourses here and around the world. However we believe secondary school teachers in Australia are frustrated in their efforts to develop creative and critical thinkers who are ready for employment in the 21st century.

Crowded curriculums and high-stakes testing make it difficult for our teachers to nurture experimental dispositions in students that are so necessary for them to join creative and innovative endeavours.

In this blog post we look at what is happening and offer some strategies teachers might use to negotiate the complexities of teaching students to be creative and innovative in classrooms today.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	EduResearch Matters
Publisher	Australian Association for Research in Education
Publication status	Published - 18 Jun 2018

Keywords

creative futures
creativity and innovation
critical thinking
nurturing creative and critical skills in schools
strategies for nurturing experimental dispositions in children
thirdspace

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Drama pedagogy: subverting and remaking learning in the thirdspace
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Confirming identity using drama pedagogy: English teachers' creative response to high-stakes literacy testing
Dutton, J. & Rushton, K., May 2018, In: English in Australia. 53, 1, p. 5-14 10 p.
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Making space in our schools for children to develop their creativity

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Activities

Without my language, I’m a broken tree’: Nurturing thirdspace translanguaging pedagogy in culturally diverse classrooms

Embracing home languages: fostering identity through translanguaging poetry pedagogy

What if?: Creative pedagogy for diverse classrooms

Research output

Drama pedagogy: subverting and remaking learning in the thirdspace

Confirming identity using drama pedagogy: English teachers' creative response to high-stakes literacy testing

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