Celebrating the publication of the new edited volume by Nicole Brown and Amanda Ince from UCL Institute of Education and Karen Ramlackhan from University of South Florida St. Petersburg.

Creativity has become a buzzword across all disciplines in education and across all phases, from early years through to tertiary education. Although the meaning of creativity can change vastly depending on the global educational setting, it is impossible to ignore the applicability and relevance of creativity as educational tool, philosophical framework, and pedagogical approach.

Through case studies of creativity in varying settings and diverse contexts, this collection explores the ground-breaking work undertaken internationally to support, develop and future-proof learners with, and for, creativity. The chapters are centred around a practice-based enquiry or other forms of empirical research. This provides the scholarly basis upon which creativity is continuously reconceptualised and redefined in the educational and country-specific context of each study. Contributors from different countries then provide critical, reflective, and analytical responses to each chapter. Creativity in Education provides practical insights for application in a wide range of educational settings and contexts, such as the use of art exhibitions and object-work, as well as more philosophical approaches to teacher education, leadership for learning and creativity as a universal phenomenon.

For this book launch event, the editors are gathering contributors and discussants to explore the role creativity plays in educational settings across the world.

You can download a free PDF copy of the book Creativity in Education: International Perspectives by clicking on the following link: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/Creativity

Schedule  

Overview of the session
Tom Doust: The Role of Creativity and Imagination
Nicole Brown: Editors’ introduction to book
Sofia Eriksson Bergström, Roxana Balbontin Alvarado, Carolyn Swanson and Jung Duk Ohn: Contributors’ chapters
Panel discussion and Q&A

The panellists: 

Tom Doust is Associate Director of the Institute of Imagination.

Nicole Brown is Associate Professor at UCL.

Amanda Ince is Associate Professor at UCL.

Karen Ramlackhan is Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of South Florida.

Sofia Eriksson Bergström works as a senior lecturer at the department of education at Mid Sweden University. 

Roxana Balbontín‑Alvarado holds a PhD in education from the University of Nottingham and works as an academic for the School of Education and Humanities at Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chile. 

Carolyn Swanson (DMLS, GDipT, PGDEd, (Dis), PhD) is a senior lecturer in initial teacher education at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. 

Jung Duk Ohn is a professor at Gyeongin National University of Education, Korea.