Born creative [web resource] / edited by Charlie Tims.
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TextPublication details: London : Demos, 2010.Description: Web resource (132 p.)ISBN: - 9781906693541
- Culture -- Study and teaching
- Imagination in children
- Creative ability in children
- Early childhood education -- Government policies -- Great Britain
- Creative thinking
- Art -- Study and teaching (Early childhood)
- Cultural institutions -- Great Britain
- Culture -- Democratic aspects
- Creative ability -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain
- Creative teaching -- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- Cultural policy
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Introduction -- Using creativity and creative learning to enrich the lives of young children at the Thomas Coram Centre / Bernadette Duffy -- Deconstruction or reconstruction? New directions in policies for creativity in the early years / Anna Craft -- Creating the conditions: trusted professional and targeted resources for creativity in the early years / Tim Loughton MP and Sarah Teather MP -- New spaces for watchful creatures: family learning at the Whitworth Art Gallery / Esme Ward -- Keeping it real: why and how educators should be expanding children's horizons / Tim Gill -- Creative futures: a 'new deal' for the early years sector / Geethika Jayatilaka -- Permission to play: how museums can leave room for creative learning in the early years / Dea Birkett -- A science of learning: new approaches to thinking about creativity in the early years / Wendy Ellyatt -- Social franchising: a networked approach to nurturing early years creatives / Ruth Churchill Dower -- Seeing with new eyes: new ways forward for creativity and culture in education / David Lammy MP -- Play in nature: the foundation of creative thinking / Shirley Brice Heath.
PUBLISHER'S ABSTRACT: "Supporters of creative learning argue that it is both more in tune with how children naturally learn and is better preparation for the modern economy. The previous government emphasised the importance of creativity for good teaching and learning, particularly in the early years. The reining in of public finances, combined with skepticism towards the role of government, has brought the role creativity in learning into question. Born creative explores: Can training really make early years professional more creative? Does the curriculum foster creativity? How amenable should public spaces be to young people? In a series of essays Born Creative brings together the experiences of creative practices in early years education, to show the importance of cultures, environments and networks in the enrichment of the early years learning and interrogates the role of leaders, policy and parents in creating them."
Mode of access: Internet via the world wide web courtesy of Demos website (http://www.demos.co.uk/)