Creative Minds; Shaping the Future
This podcast is a space to discuss creativity: in society, in the workplace, in education.
In each episode we explore definitions of creativity with guests from a range of backgrounds and ask whether or not creativity has a place in education.
If you enjoy the podcast you might also like my book 'A creative primary curriculum for all' https://amzn.eu/d/0UTTfsk
Background music provided by:
Chloe Clayton
Episodes
27 episodes
S2 Ep5 What if we empower children through creative writing?
Karen Greaves is a children’s writer, tutor and workshop leader. She has worked as a tour guide, classroom practitioner and literacy intervention teacher. Her writing career has included a range of well-received stories and playscripts commissi...
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S2 Ep4 Must a shared language always be spoken?
Claire Sundin has worked as a professional actor across the UK, in the West End and New York. She is the Artistic Director of Embracing Arts, making high quality theatre experiences interactive & accessible to all.Embracing Arts is a...
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S2 Ep3 Take the lid off children's thinking!
Paula Briggs is the author of 'Drawing Projects for Children' and 'Make, Build, Create: Sculpture Projects for Children'. She is a determined advocate for the importance of art, and art education, in all our lives. She studied sculpture at Norw...
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S2 Ep2 What is it about art that enables us to thrive?
Natasha Nechat-Murphy is a dedicated and experienced primary educator with a First Class Honours degree in Primary Education Studies. Her career has taken her through various roles—from nursery nurse to SEN support assistant, teaching assistant...
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S2 Ep1 - Should creativity be available on prescription?
Gloria Garbujo is a Creative Arts Therapist, Coach, Supervisor, and Consultant. She helps individuals and organisations cultivate resilience and embrace change through creative methods. She has over a decade of professional experience working w...
Episode 12 - Shining a light on beacons of hope!
Jo runs a social enterprise 'Progressive Education' which is raising awareness of alternatives to conventional schooling. She is passionate about education which gives young people appropriate skills for the 21st Century and puts children’s rig...
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Episode 11 - Spread some happiness and throw the frog!
Shonette Bason is a primary school teacher and Early Years specialist with over 30 years of classroom experience. She is also an author and motivational speaker, passionate about exciting children’s and practitioner’s learning. Her boundless en...
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Episode 10 - Are you bothered?
Hywel Roberts has taught in secondary, primary and special settings for almost 30 years. He shows others how to bring learning to life for all children and young people. In particular, he has drawn on and adapted the work of Dorothy Heathcote, ...
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Episode 9 - Do you want to launch creativity in your space?
Winsy is the Global Director of Education & Innovation at Rocket Productions.With over 16 years in the British independent education sector, she has held leadership roles, developed pedagogical frameworks, designed learning environme...
Episode 8 - Are we counting stones or encouraging innovation?
Dr Mark Williams is an internationally recognised professor of cognitive neuroscience, (cognitive neuroscience is focused on studying the brain and learning, how it uses thought, senses and experiences to inform understanding and gain new knowl...
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Episode 7 - Creativity; A curious mosaic
Dr Lewis Fogarty is a director of a small group of nurseries in Berkshire and director of Teaching and Learning for the Department of Education at Brunel University. Lewis explains that creativity is both for ourselves and for other...
Episode 6 - How can we encourage engineers in Early Years?
With a strong commitment to driving a positive impact in underprivileged communities in Uganda, Timothy Wambi was recently nominated for the Top 40 Under 40 Ugandans by the national News Paper Newvision. He is the founder of Ajibu ...
Episode 5 - What are you curious about?
Kavita is a classroom educator and co-founder of Catalyst learning labs, which guides school leaders and teachers through a cultural transformation that reconnects them to their original passion for learning, leading to increased student engage...
Episode 4 - What are the benefits of teaching maths through Minecraft?
Dr Poppy Gibbson, an Education researcher, author and lecturer joins us for this episode.Poppy shares her understanding of creativity creating new neural pathways, she agrees that creativity provides the opportunity for risk taking in sa...
Episode 3 - Why should we fly high for perspective?
Gavin McCormack, recognised as one of the top ten most influential global educators joins us for this episode.Gavin dispels the misconception that creativity is just art on a Friday afternoon and defines is at being able to look at a pro...
Episode 2 - Why should we smell the mint and observe in order to innovate?
Pie Corbett is an English educational trainer, author and poet who has written more than 200 books. He is best known for 'Jumpstart Grammar' and 'Talk for Writing'. In today's episode we discuss the importance of igniting the spark ...
