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17th October 2014, 09:38 AM
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What is a creative curriculum in primary schools?
What is a creative curriculum in primary schools? Provide me the detailed information about it?
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17th October 2014, 11:19 AM
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Re: What is a creative curriculum in primary schools?
Creative Curriculum was a landmark 2007 report from the National College for School Leadership (NCSL). It focused on four primary schools. Lifting the Lid defined educational creativity in the following terms: Connecting: seeing relationships and combining in new ways Risking: having the self-confidence and freedom to fail and keep trying Envisaging: being original and imaginative about what might be Analysing: asking critical and challenging questions Thinking: taking time for reflection and soft thinking Interacting: sharing ideas and collaborating Varying: testing options and trying different ways Elaborating: exploring, fiddling, doing the unnecessary Designing a creative curriculum Lifting the Lid proposed six key messages for creative curriculum design: Focus on curriculum creativity by: Encouraging imagination and originality Making time to reflect critically Allowing space for thinking and choice Giving freedom to fail with the confidence to try again Create a culture of collaboration by: Sharing values and ethos with the whole school community Promoting the importance of talk and collaboration in consolidating learning Ensuring everyone has the opportunity to learn from others Promoting teamwork and detailed planning Developing a distributed style that shares ownership and draws others into the organisation Emphasise cognitive approaches by: Advocating a range of teaching strategies and learning styles Promoting the importance of learning across the curriculum Encouraging teachers to make children active partners in their learning Encouraging teachers to structure tasks and pace of learning to make it challenging and enjoyable ]Make a real commitment to the community by: Promoting the importance of dynamic partnership Involving parents and carers at every opportunity Focusing on the importance of the learning environment Extending involvement into the local community and beyond Balance continuity and change through: Positive and productive performance management Inspirational and interactive professional development Making staff feel valued Promote child-centredness by: Promoting personal, social and spiritual aspects of the curriculum Encouraging teachers to develop each child’s confidence, self-discipline and understanding of their learning Encouraging teachers to make learning vivid, real and meaningful with many first-hand experiences |