Creative Partnerships in Practice: Developing Creative Learners

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Since the Creative Partnerships programme began in 2002, it has helped almost 5,000 schools, 90,000 teachers and over 1 million young people to embrace creative learning. Those involved have seen notable improvements in achievement and in measurable aspects of personal development, such as attendance. FC Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Introduction 1.
Creative Planning and Evaluating – Change Processesor Change Arts Projects? Questions, questions, questions Why evaluate anyway? The four phase evaluation model ‘Ways in’ with planning and evaluation Examples of noteworthy aspects of this model ofplanning and evaluating Reflection – useful thoughts to keep in mind duringthe reflection phase What you will achieve by asking these questions 2.
School Stories – How Did CreativePartnerships Work in Practice? The Arnold Centre, Rotherham Lancasterian Special School, West Didsbury Minterne Community Junior School, Sittingbourne 3. Creative School Ethos Background – why is ethos important? Types of creative school ethos The School Ethos Research Project: Case studies ofhow types of ethos evolved in schools 4.
Creative Learning – Pupil Impact What the numbers say: statistical analyses of CreativePartnerships’ impact on pupil attainment andattendance Creativity and pupil well-being – how does a creativeapproach help? Impacts on student learning – the case of visuallearning and literacy skills Summary: The outcomes of Creative Partnerships 5. Creative Professional Development for Teachers The impacts of Creative Partnerships on teachers andschool staff 6.
Creative Artists and Their Practice– Do They Really Add Value? Case Study: Signature Pedagogies Pedagogic practices of creative practitioners Benefits of creative practitioners to creative learning 7. Creativity in Schools and
Parental Involvement Parental influence on children’s learning Children talking about school in the home – why isthis important to parents? How creativity helps shift parents’ views on children’slearning and the role of the curriculum Parent’s views on the long-term benefits of creativelearning Parents as learners Parents joining the creative learning journey Connecting schools and communities Summary: The benefits of creative learning for parentsand how schools can embed this in their practice 8. Creative Assessment
and Progression Assessing creativity – what are the choices? Developing a new assessment tool Five creative ‘habits’ of the creative mind Using the new model in your school or learning site End of book notes Afterword: CreativePartnerships – The Future References Appendix 1: Creative Partnerships 2002 –2011: Key Facts and Figures Appendix 2: Discussing the Rhetorics ofCreativity – Prompt Questionsfrom Banaji et al. (2010) Appendix 3: Creative Learning – BigPaper Training Exercise andExamples of Outcomes Appendix 4: Evaluation – CreativeLearning Forms Appendix 5: Discussing Well-being andLearning – Prompt Questionsfrom McLellan et al. (2012) Appendix 6: Progression in Creativity –Field Trial 1 Notes to Teachers Index