The focus of this unit is on the development of the integral skills of Creativity and Innovation
Creativity and Innovation
When you are creative and innovative you engage a blend of learning behaviours.
You …
- identify / accept a problem that you wish to solve
- explore a range of possible, imaginative ways of proceeding
- decide on a course of action
- respond with flexibility
- do the hard work of turning a creative idea into an innovative outcome.
The activities, think pieces and questions in this online unit aim to help you to make a start on:
- introducing students to the key behaviours of creative, innovative learners;
- using the language of creativity and innovation effectively with students;
- designing the use of creative, innovative learning behaviours into the way you teach;
- developing the confidence and skill in helping students to grow their creativity and innovation skills.
The following sections will help you to tailor your classroom practice to support the development of these dispositions.
- Section 1 explores the learning behaviours of creative, innovative learners
- Section 2 discusses the classroom culture that supports the development of creative, innovative learners
- Section 3 offers ideas to practise in your own classroom
- Section 4 contains some suggestions about how you might talk to encourage creativity and innovation
- Section 5 makes suggestions to move practice on.
About ‘Helping learners to access Successful Futures’ – a reminder
This is one of 12 units in the suite ‘Helping learners to access Successful Futures’. The units address the 4 purposes of the Successful Futures curriculum and the 4 integral skills for modern life and work, and set these requirements into 4 aspects of a learning-friendly classroom culture within which they can thrive.
The 4 purposes of the curriculum as defined in Successful Futures are young people should develop as:
- Ambitious, capable learners;
- Enterprising, creative contributors;
- Healthy, confident individuals;
- Ethical, informed citizens.
The 4 integral skills necessary for modern life and work are defined as:
- critical thinking and problem solving
- planning and organising
- creativity and innovation – this unit
- personal effectiveness
The 4 aspects of classroom culture within which these core purposes and wider skills can develop and thrive are:
- Classroom learning relationships;
- Classroom talk for learning;
- How learning is constructed;
- How learning is celebrated and grown.
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