Creativity and System Leadership
As much as we hear experts and presenters talk about the need for creativity in education in an incessantly dynamic and interconnected world, we see rather dimly when it comes to how to catalyse it. We say, "Yes! We need more creativity in education!," yet, when it comes to action on this front, we're waiting to be told how to do it, as if there were some road map or how-to manual to which we all should have access.
On Research, Evidence, and Practice
What if research were being undertaken, evidence of 'what works' noted and shared in public forums, yet no espousal and/or application of those results in schools? It would seem difficult to believe that such a thing could be taking place, yet that is precisely the premise of an article in the August 2014 issue of Scientific American.