Disentangling and debating creativity in education: methodologies, research and assessment
A Creativities in Education SIG annual event supported by the Creativity and Emergent Educational Futures Network, University of Exeter
Past event
Disentangling and debating creativity in education: methodologies, research and assessment
Presentations from this event is now online here.
Employers and educators identify creativity in young people as a highly desired quality. However, it is elusive to recognise, facilitate and evidence. This one-day conference brings together national and international experts in creativity to provoke debate and thought into how we might better research, evaluate and assess creativity in education.
Professors Pat Thomson (University of Nottingham), Todd Lubart (University of Descartes, Paris) and Joanna Haynes (University of Plymouth) each offer insights from their particular field of experience and perspective in qualitative, quantitative and post-qualitative methodologies. During the course of the day, in discussion with a critical expert in the field, they will outline methodological arguments, designs and tools, share evidence and challenges, critiquing these and provoke us to reflect and debate the issues raised.
A significant proportion of the afternoon will be devoted to structured debate in response to provocations offered by our three speakers.
Here we will explore issues such of methodological choice, ontology and epistemology such as fitness for purpose of designs; embedded and creative methods; the persuasiveness and palatability of evidence for different audiences and current policy to practice discourses.
The day will culminate with the annual Anna Craft Memorial Lecture followed by a Wine Reception sponsored by University of Exeter. Further details to follow.
Programme
| 09.30 | Registration and refreshments |
| 10.00 | Welcome and introductions |
| 10.15 | Quickfire introductions from keynotes |
| 10.30 | Researching creative practices in schools 产测听Pat Thomson (keynote) with Teresa Cremin (critical expert) |
| 11.30 | BEYOND WORDS: Materiality and the Play of Things by Joanna Haynes (keynote) with Pamela Burnard (critical expert) |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 13.15 | Creativity: pros and cons of a quantitative research approach 产测听Todd Lubart (keynote) with Kerry Chappell (critical expert) |
| 14.15 | Structured debate –听this will cover themes that have emerged through the day and will be facilitated by the three critical experts |
| 15.15 | Plenary –听the three SIG co-convenors (Kerry Chappell, Victoria Kinsella and Jo Trowsdale) will chair this synthesis of the day |
| 15.45 | Anna Craft Memorial Lecture: Possibility thinking about the future of creativity聽 Professor James C. Kaufman,聽University of Connecticut |
| 16.45 | Completion of evaluation forms |
| 16.50 | Drinks reception |
| 17.30 | End of conference |
Supported by the Creativity and Emergent Educational Futures Network, University of Exeter
BURSARIES
The 娇色导航 Early Career Researcher Network offers a limited amount of bursaries to the value of 拢75 towards travel for 娇色导航 Student Members only.
To apply for one of these bursaries, please email聽[email protected]聽with a 250 word statement on why you want to attend this event and why you need the financial assistance. Bursaries are offered on a first come, first served basis. Travel expenses will be reimbursed after the event in accordance with our travel policies. You must not have previously received bursary funding from 娇色导航.
Content related to this event
Researching creative practices in schools
Our review of the CP archive showed a preponderance of case study research (Thomson, Coles, Hallewell, & Keane, 2014). Some of this used surveys, but almost all of it was interview (including...
Creativity: pros and cons of a quantitative research approach
This presentation will describe several research studies that have looked at characteristics of creative people, creative processes, and creative environments. For each empirical study, the...
Anna Craft Memorial Lecture: Possibility thinking about the future of creativity
In this talk, I will use Anna Craft鈥檚 possibility thinking to explore how we can find new positive outcomes to explore for creativity research. So much current work looks at how creativity may...
Beyond words: Materiality and the play of things
Tim Ingold鈥檚 (2013) account of the art of inquiry begins with the relation between thinking and making, a relation that 鈥榓llow[s] knowledge to grow from the crucible of our practical and...
