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Announcing new International Creative Teacher Summer School

Posted on 19 Feb, 2018 in News and Briefings

International Creative Teacher – Summer School Newcastle, England – 29 to 31 August 2018 This intensive and immersive three-day summer school is designed for teachers, educators and creative practitioners from around the world who want to deepen their theoretical and practical knowledge of creativity, creative learning and using the arts across the curriculum. Challenging and inspiring in equal measure this training will equip you to develop new or enrich your existing creative learning practice and projects for schools or in the...

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Dream a Dream in Bangalore

Posted on 23 Jan, 2018 in Blog

by Paul Collard, Chief Executive CCE On my way back from a brilliant week visiting the organisation Dream a Dream in Bangalore. Founded 17 years ago by charismatic CEO Vishal Talreja, now supported by a strong leadership team, Dream a Dream offers a range of programmes to young people in the city. The focus of the organisation is on developing ‘Life Skills’ in young people in adversity. The organisations definition of ‘Life Skills’ correlate very closely to CCE’s ‘Creative Habits of Mind’ and so it was fascinating to learn from...

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The Art of Learning

Posted on 12 Nov, 2017 in Blog

by Eona Craig, Director of Development I have recently joined CCE and, just like key projects like the Art of Learning, have been emotionally, socially, physically and intellectually engaged from the off. One of my first tasks is to support the deep learning of artists, teachers, senior leaders, pupils and project partners to embed creativity, use the arts across the curriculum and explore the executive functions of the brain within high-functioning classrooms. No tall order, and yet the sense of enthusiasm, exploration and evolution is...

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Europe in Perspective: International Co-operation in Cultural Learning

Posted on 6 Sep, 2017 in CCE Projects

Europe has always been a continent within which many populations with diverse cultural backgrounds have co-existed. Intensification of the discussions around integration, tolerance, cultural diversity and renationalisation show that the challenge of living together in a diverse environment still proves difficult to manage though. At the same time, artists and cultural institutions, as well as arts educators, have explored new ways to support formal, non-formal and informal education – motivated by the belief that learning in and through the...

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Q1.7 High Functioning Classroom

Posted on 14 Feb, 2017 in Uncategorized

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Q1.7 Research articles and links

Posted on 14 Feb, 2017 in Uncategorized

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Q1.6 Research articles

Posted on 14 Feb, 2017 in Uncategorized

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Art of Learning Logic Model

Posted on 14 Feb, 2017 in Uncategorized

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Creative Partnerships Lahore Pakistan

Posted on 14 Nov, 2016 in CCE Projects

Between 2015 and 2017, CCE is working with two partners in Lahore, the Care Foundation and Alif Laila. Each partner identified a range of schools to participate in a Creative Partnerships programme and artists based in Lahore were recruited. CCE has provided extensive support to the programme, including training, materials, mentoring and project management back up. There are now 50 schools in the programme.

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OECD Paris France

Posted on 14 Nov, 2016 in CCE Projects

Between 2015 and 2017, CCE has been supporting the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) in a project exploring how to measure progress in the development of creativity and critical thinking in children. The project  is working collaboratively with a range of countries committed to developing creative approaches to learning, including Russia, India, Brazil, Hungary, Wales, Thailand and the US.

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