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The BBC, Independent, and TES all report on the findings of an Ofsted inquiry into the effectiveness of the Creative Partnerships scheme, which runs in 2,500 English schools. They found that skills such as improvisation, risk-taking, resilience and collaboration were developed and motivation levels increased. Surprising, that, isn’t it? Doing something that actually matters with inspirational, passionate teachers leads to good responses from students…
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… and improved behaviour. Well, duh!
Do you think it will make any difference on a large scale?
Well I certainly hope so! The main finding here, of course, is that projects inspire kids. My own experience certainly backs this up - there’s a whole host of things that can be learned in this manner. This type of stuff is usually called ‘cross-curricular’, but at the end of the day it’s just learning in a natural way - teaching ’subjects’ is a human construct; it’s artificial and, at times, detrimental…