This piece is part of the new DrexelNow series showcasing "A Day in the Class" for some of Drexel University's most interesting and impactful courses. The course technically carries the "CHEM T580" ...
As you read this, students all over the country are sitting for state standardized exams. Schools spend up to 40% of the year on test prep, so that, shall we say, no child is left behind. Schools’ ...
This article explores the pedagogical significance of recent shifts in scholarly attention away from first generation and towards second generation understandings of creativity. First generation or ...
Last year, we had the incredible opportunity to discover first-hand an amazing school called The Learning Connection (TLC for short) located in Wellington, New Zealand. TLC is an art school that is ...
When is creativity teachable? Is it a single scientific field, and who is appropriate to undertake its teaching? What are Socrates's criteria, and how can we apply them to creativity? This paper ...
Creativity in education is more important than ever in the innovation age, where it’s not so much what we know but how we use what we know. At San Lorenzo Unified School District, our 12-hour teacher ...
The increasingly massive and far-reaching use of conventional standardized tests is one of the most effective, if unintentional, vehicles this country has created for suppressing creativity.
Mark DeGarmo Dance is a leading and innovative New York City nonprofit organization. Its evidence-based “Partnerships in Literacy through Dance & Creativity” program was deemed “a national model” by ...
AI continues to transform industries, and as its influence grows, 85 percent of hiring managers believe creative thinking will become even more essential for workforce success, making creativity a key ...
It’s a crime not to teach young people to be creative and entrepreneurial. We’re each responsible for building our own lives and for repairing the broader problems of the world, and the only way to do ...