Creativity: 7 self-reflection questions
- 1. Nurturing Creativity - Making it happen 7 self-reflection questions Ben Sandbrook
- 2. Nurturing creativity: what do we need to make it happen? Creativity goals? (for all children) or Identifying creativities (what do different creativities look like / sound like / etc.?) Creativity package? (a package of ideas, models, instructions, training, support people) or Creative environments (an environment for adults and other creativity nurturers, so that they can create one with children) Creativity training? (training for creativity nurturers) or Creative experiences (so creativity nurturers experience their own creativity) A creativity scheme of work? (a programme of what to do when) or Creativity techniques and behaviours (so creativity nurturers have ideas and experience of what to do for creativity)
- 4. 3. Do we really motivate 4. Do we really creativity, recognise creativity, through through focus, challenge, purpose, encourage observation, patience, empathet ment, and being interested? ic judgement and an open mind? 2. Do we really 5. Do we really feed behave creatively creativity, with our children, through inspiration, exposure understanding and valuing to diversity, developing how we are creative skills, knowledge & ourselves? understanding? 1. Do our children really 6. Do we really have a creative develop creativity, through feedback and support that environment, where they are are considered, open-minded empowered and allowed to reflective and constructive? experiment, create, explore and play? 7. Do we really take creativity seriously, making it central, collaborating with others, learning from