minds4learning Friday 16/5/14
Creativity and Creative Thinking
A one day course for teachers and practitioners in nurseries, schools and other under fives settings.
‘Education throughout the world faces unprecedented challenges: economic, technological, social, and personal. Policy-makers everywhere emphasise the urgent need to develop ‘human resources’, and in particular to promote creativity, adaptability and better powers of communication.’
All Our Futures ( NACCCE Report : 1998)
‘Creativity is not just a question of creating new solutions to problems but of creating better solutions and this requires critical judgement ‘
Fisher (1990)
Creativity and critical thinking are complementary processes which are significant for living in our increasingly complex, ever changing technological society.
We will focus on:
Facilitators: Helen Banks, Gill Coathup, and Felicity Thomas
Date: Friday 16/5/14 Time: 9.30-3.30
Venue: Earlham Early Years, Centre Cadge Road, Norwich. NR5 8DB
Course fees: £60 per delegate, £100 for two delegates from the same setting. This includes a sandwich lunch, tea, and coffee
Click here to book:
All Our Futures ( NACCCE Report : 1998)
‘Creativity is not just a question of creating new solutions to problems but of creating better solutions and this requires critical judgement ‘
Fisher (1990)
Creativity and critical thinking are complementary processes which are significant for living in our increasingly complex, ever changing technological society.
We will focus on:
- What do we mean by creativity and critical thinking
- Looking at the statutory requirements in the National curriculum and EYFS
- How thinking skills develop
- The role of the adult in supporting creativity and sustained shared thinking
- How the environment supports creativity and critical thinking
Facilitators: Helen Banks, Gill Coathup, and Felicity Thomas
Date: Friday 16/5/14 Time: 9.30-3.30
Venue: Earlham Early Years, Centre Cadge Road, Norwich. NR5 8DB
Course fees: £60 per delegate, £100 for two delegates from the same setting. This includes a sandwich lunch, tea, and coffee
Click here to book: