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SUMMARY:The Creative Turn: Fostering Creativities in Secondary Schools\, a
 n International Study - Dr Anne Harris\, Monash University
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CONTACT:Pamela Burnard
DESCRIPTION:This project extends research on creativity in schools in the 
 UK (Brewer & Hogarth 2015\; Lucas\, Claxton and Spencer\, 2013\; Burnard 2
 012\; Craft 2011\;)\, in Korea (Cho et al\, 2011)\, and in the USA (Robins
 on & Aronica 2015\; Lubienski\, 2009\; Looney\, 2009).   Not only educator
 s\, but economists too have called for students to be equipped with creati
 ve 21st century skills (Sefton-Green 2011\, Leadbeater 2010\; Araya & Pete
 rs 2010\; Robinson 2009\; Burnard & White 2008\; Florida 2002) enabling th
 em to compete successfully in global markets in a time of rapid change\, d
 iversity and technological advances (McWilliam & Haukka\, 2008\; Pink\, 20
 06). The evidence suggests that schools need to identify and develop progr
 ams that foster qualities such as creativity\, innovation\, empathy\, prob
 lem-solving and decision-making (Cormier\, 2010). \n\nIn Harris’ _The Cr
 eative Turn_ study\, she addresses the call for a more consistent approach
  to creative teaching and learning in the secondary context\, including co
 ncerns about measurement\, assessment and reporting. In an education era d
 ominated by a discourse of transferability and scalability\, creativity co
 ntinues to represent both a neoliberalisation of arts education and a more
  widespread attention to the economic potential of diverse creativities. S
 econdary schools in particular offer a site of tension between these compe
 ting agendas\, and this study drawing on teacher and student data from Aus
 tralia\, the USA\, Canada and Singapore suggests that while standardised t
 esting is seen to be the major impediment to fostering creativity in a sen
 ior secondary environment\, it is also one of its most effective drivers a
 cross the education lifespan. \n\n*Anne Harris*\, PhD is currently an Aust
 ralian Research Council Research Fellow (2014-2016) investigating creativi
 ty (its commodification and education embodiments). She is a Senior Lectur
 er in Education at Monash University (Melbourne)\, and an interdisciplinar
 y researcher in the areas of the performing arts\, diversity and digital m
 edia. She is a native New Yorker and has worked professionally as a playwr
 ight\, teaching artist and journalist in the USA and Australia.  She has p
 ublished over 50 articles and 6 books\, her latest being _Video as Method_
  (Oxford University Press)\, and is the book series editor of _Creativity\
 , Education and the Arts_ (Palgrave).\n
LOCATION:DMB GS1\, Faculty of Education\, Hills Road\, Cambridge CB2 8PH
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