The 60s may have been all about hippies and ‘free love’, but in the classroom, teachers still held students to a higher standard- and students benefited from it.
Joanne Lipman, a former deputy managing editor of The Wall Street … Read More
Some people believe that creativity can not be taught. I believe through my research and almost twenty years of teaching art that creativity can and must be taught. Having said that, there is no specific ‘formula’ to achieve this. It … Read More
A disease is spreading. It’s called “learned helplessness” and as educators, we can stop it.
We inherently know that as individuals we learn by doing. Yes, we need to listen to instruction and watch demonstrations, but at the end of … Read More
If you want to understand creativity, inspire it in your classroom and increase your own, I highly recommend Ken Robinson’s “Out of Our Minds, Learning to Be Creative”. It explains, in a clear way why it is essential to be … Read More
