Geographical Investigation and Creativity

Presented by the GA SPC

Geographical Investigation Curriculum Change

Personal Learning and Thinking Skills – Creativity and creative thinkers

Sir Ken Robinson

Creative Thinking across the curriculum Geography and creative thinkers

Creative thinkersYoung people think creatively by generating and exploring ideas, making original connections. They try different ways to tackle a problem, working with others to find imaginative solutions and outcomes that are of value.

Skills, behaviours and personal qualities

Young people:generate ideas and explore possibilitiesask questions to extend their thinkingconnect their own and others’ ideas and experiences in inventive waysquestion their own and others’ assumptionstry out alternatives or new solutions and follow ideas throughadapt ideas as circumstances change.

Creative thinkersGeographical enquiry involves pupils in asking questions and thinking critically, constructively and creatively. Pupils find novel ways of using and applying geographical knowledge and skills to develop new interpretations of place and space. Above all, creative thinking in geography is about pupils expressing, in a variety of ways, their understanding of interconnections in the world around them and their visions for the future. Geography enables pupils to form geographical imaginations of places. The concept of physical and human processes involves pupils in understanding change and development in places and the causes of these changes. Such understanding helps pupils to imagine alternative futures for places and for the people who live and work in them.

Creativity and GeographicalInvestigation

Curriculum Change Personalisation

Assessment Deeper Understanding

Chris Durbin

What could you do with your learners in the run up to the climate change conference?

Re expression

Revolution

• Male

• Early 20’s

• Regional accent

• Imprecise

• Rough and ready!

• Female

• Middle aged

• Well spoken

• Precise

• Clean and tidy

Related worlds

Break point and beyond

A longitudinal study of divergent thinking

1500 students aged 3-5 were surveyed, @ Age 3 – 5 98% scored genius level@ Age 8 -10 32% scored genius level@ Age 13 - 15 10% scored genius level

They also tested 200,000 adults aged 25 and over just once as a control.

@ age 25+ 2% scored genius level

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows

up.” (Picasso)

Creativity and GeographicalInvestigation

Curriculum Change Personalisation

Assessment Deeper Understanding

Geographical Investigation and Creativity

Presented by the GA SPC