Fostering Creative Thinking in Schools: Insights from UWINAT

Fostering Creative Thinking in Schools: Insights from UWINAT

UWINAT (University of Winchester Academy Trust)'s Creativity Collaborative will show how it's introduced creativity into our schools.

By CREATE (University of Winchester)

Date and time

Wednesday, May 21 · 4:30 - 7pm GMT+1.

Location

King Alfred Campus, University of Winchester, King Alfred Campus

Sparkford Road Winchester SO22 4NR United Kingdom

About this event

  • Event lasts 2 hours 30 minutes

Over the last 3.5 years, the University of Winchester Academy Trust, University of Winchester and local Hampshire schools have been working together to develop teaching for creativity across the school curriculum. This Creativity Collaborative is part of a wider national programme funded by Arts Council England and the Freelands Foundation to develop and test a range of innovative practices in fostering creativity and creative thinking in education.

Learn about:

· the benefits we have seen for pupils’ well-being, engagement, creativity and learning

· the impact on teachers’ practice and job satisfaction

· the global movement to widen creativity in schools


This event will take place in St Alphege 003 at the University of Winchester's King Alfred Campus.

List of Speakers:

Paul Sowden, Professor of Psychology, Cognition & Creativity, University of Winchester

Nicola Wells, CEO University of Winchester Academy Trust

Marnie Seymour PhD, Senior Fellow in Knowledge Exchange

Bronte Bailey, Creativity Lead, Teacher Stoneham Park Primary

Frances Warren PhD, Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology

Bill Lucas, Professor of Learning and Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning, University of Winchester.

Ellen Spencer PhD, Senior Researcher at the Centre for Real-World Learning, University of Winchester

Frequently asked questions

What room will the event take place in?

The event will take place in St Alphege Building 003. This will be signposted on the day, you can also speak to Reception and there will be student helpers to guide people to the venue from Reception.

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CREATE (University of Winchester)

CREATE is a Research and Knowledge Exchange centre in the Faculty of Education and the Arts. It brings together the broad range of expertise and research interests in educational theory, action research and practice that exists within and beyond the Faculty, for the advancement of excellent research with real-world impacts.