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15-16 January 2013

Location: Traders Hotel, Singapore

Summary record

This workshop has been organised by the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), together with Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE) and in partnership with the Ministry of Education, Singapore.

 

 

 

Innovation is not only a driver of growth, the range of skills associated with creativity also enable young people to advance while having a better quality of life. Imagination, curiosity, collaboration and resilience underpin success in relationships. Critical understanding and problem solving skills developed by creative individuals, allows them to develop and deepen their appreciation of the world and all that it has to offer.

• Outline the most significant policy, practice and initiatives that can lead to better equip students with skills in thinking and creativity in education systems;
• Identify the most significant barriers to their full implementation as well as the conditions that hamper and facilitate this kind of education, notably in Asia;
• Develop specific recommendations and action steps to address these barriers;
• Provide participants with a space for feedback on their practices and international peer learning.

 

Workshop documents

• Draft Agenda and workshop description

Workshop presentations

• The relevance of Creativity and Innovation: Korean curriculum revision case by Jin Sook Kim (KICE)
• Education for Innovation: Curriculum, Pedagogy, Assessment by Stephan Vincent-Lancrin, Francesco Avvisati, Carlos Gonzalez-Sancho, Kiira Kärkkäinen (OECD)
• Development of 21st Century, Competencies in Singapore by Liew Wei Li (Ministry of Education, Singapore)
• Creative Partnerships' signature pedagogies by Paul Collard (CCE, UK)
• Research-Based Learning: The young researcher programme by Silaporn Buasai (Thailand Research Fund)
• Apeejay Schools: Educational Programmes fostering creativity and innovation by S. Samra (Apeejay Schools)
• UT i.school by Hideyuki Horii (i.school, University of Tokyo)
• Sparking creativity through hands-on science education by Ramji Raghavan (Agastya International Foundation)
• Pedagogies for thinking and creativity: The Singapore context by Ridzuan Abd Rahim (Ministry of Education, Singapore)
• Assessment in Singapore: Assessing creativity, critical thinking and other skills for innovation by Eugenia Tan (Ministry of Education, Singapore)
• Measuring Progression in creativity in school by Paul Collard (CCE, UK)
• Professional Learning and school improvement: The role of teachers' thinking and belief system in Lesson Study practice in Indonesia by Tatang Suratno (Indonesia University of Education)
• The OECD Tohoku School: Project-based Learning to promote key competencies for 21st century by Yutaka Hatanaka, Masakatsu Kobayashi (Okuma JHS, Fukushima, Japan)
• Reflections on Teachers' conceptions of teaching in China: A case study by Zhiyon Zhu (Beijing Normal University)
• Some reflections by Barbara Schneider (John A.Hannah University, NORC at the University of Chicago)

Further reading

• Progression in student creativity in school: first steps towards new forms of formative assessments by Bill Lucas, Guy Claxton and Ellen Spencer
• Assessment and Innovation in Education by Janet Looney
• Bringing about Curriculum Innovation by Kiira Kärkkäinen

 Related events

• OECD Conference - Educating for Innovative Societies (Paris, April 2012): summary report and webpage
• OECD/France workshop - Education for Innovation the Role of Arts and STEM Education (23-24 May 2011): summary report and webpage