Catalysts for creativity

The following notes were takenas the session was running I have deliberatelly left all the grammar the same as this is how I heard it.
Open questions
being in volved in real learning

non-conventional influences
inspiration (not the software)
emotional/spiritual awareness
technical ability, and the ability to evaluate, review and implement technical ability
proper equipment and facilities

taking risks and knowing there is no wrong answer
an open classroom where all chn feel they belong
Having the freedom/support to take risks and learn from one another
Context that is engaging & initially experiential.

Openess to ideas
Creativity modelled by the teacher

Support ideas no matter how wild. We have a group of lead students that rarely work on formal activities in class but rather discuss ponder share and often conplete the formal assignment material in their own time.
No possibility is ever discounted
Encouragement to persevere

Confidence that peers will give everyone space
As teachers we should be able to model a willingness to have a go and fail so they see it is ok

Allow kids to make mistakes and encourage them to take risks
But surely we need to be able to model both success and failure
Very often we ask kids to think But have we actually taught them hoe to.
That is a very good comment


Knowing that a mistake is a learning experience
co-operative learning
Making a mistake is not a crime but not learning from it is.

The flexibility to allow students freedom to follow their thinking and share through dialogue with their peers
Allowing/encouraging? everybody to contribute and have a go. Looking for open doors rather than how to close them. Being prepared to risk getting egg on your face.
Number of computers

Inhibitors for creativity
excessive adminastative trivia and striving to complete goals rather than letting learing develop its own structure and life

too many restrictive rules (although rules are required for filteering chaos into an end-product that's structured and meaningful)
Narrow mindedness / short sightedness (a non-open mind)
Lack of skill (creativity needs to be apparent in some way; without skill with a specific medium, this isn't possible)
Things not working properly

Criticism too early in the process

Controlling environment

Closed questions

Time restrictions

Compliance issues

Teacher confidence
Lack of skills

The overcrowded curriculum
Lack of freedom to explore
Task and assessment orientation
creativity doesn't happen in a void. it occurs , unplanned at times, in the middle of something else.

Barriers that I have seen
Small fingers can't navigate keyboards well


Teacher impatience agreed. and teacher perception.