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DCU Credne Podcast - Talking CreativityProgrammatic assessment - an introduction by Professor Cees van der VleutenWhat is the purpose of assessment? How can we provide rich feedback to students? Why are grades not enough?
In this episode, Joe Binetti talks to Cees van der Vleuten from the University of Maastricht. His primary expertise lies in evaluation and assessment, and he introduces us to Programmatic Assessment. Starting from the need for assessing complex skills, "assessing the un-assessable", he leads us through a journey towards programmatic assessment.
From the importance of relying on professional judgement to a holistic evaluation of behaviour, he defends the crucial role of narrative and rich feedback fit to stimulating self-directed l...
2021-07-1229 minDCU Credne Podcast - Talking CreativityCreativity and Ethics - a conversation with Kelly MoranWhat role does ethics play in creativity? Should ethics be added as a criterion to define creativity? Kelly shares with us her insights on this crucial matter.
In this episode, Ciarán Dunne explores one of the most challenging aspects of creativity with Kelly Moran.
She starts by describing the importance of a safe space for creativity and the purpose of the connection among different disciplines. She points out the importance of conversations, openness and narratively sharing ideas.
Then, reflecting on the goal of creativity, Ciaran and Kelly start a discussion on the role of ethics, universal et...
2021-07-1236 minDCU Credne Podcast - Talking CreativityQue sudemos la camiseta! Los requisitos para alcanzar la capacidad creativa - Cristina Esteban Alberdi
En esta conversación Ciarán Dunne habla con Cristina Esteban Alberdi de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
A Cristina le interesa mucho la creatividad y la innovación y en sus clases se dedica a forjar y cultivar la creatividad mediante el uso del espacio y diversas herramientas desarrolladas con el fin de generar ideas e identificar conexiones entre ideas existentes, tales como Design Thinking.
Cristina nos comenta sobre las características y las condiciones necesarias para estimular la creatividad y la importancia de conceptualizarla como una habilidad que podemos desarrollar.
Sin embargo, como cualquie...
2021-06-2452 minDCU Credne Podcast - Talking CreativityCreativity: the last bastion of human ability non hijacked by AI, with David CropleyProfessor David Cropley, the internationally recognised expert in creativity and innovation and inventor of the term “malevolent creativity”, is in conversation with Joe Binetti.
In this episode, David dispels some of the myths of creativity, from the false assumption that creativity is ill-defined to that of seeing creativity erroneously as a male attribute.
He shows us why creativity is essential in human life, addressing the obstacles in implementing creative practices. He provides suggestions to students and education practitioners who want to foster their creative potential turning it into creative behaviour.
David carefully considers the ethica...
2021-06-2146 minDCU Credne Podcast - Talking CreativityDisrupting education with creativity with Kiene Brillenburg WurthIn this episode, Ciaran Dunne interviews Professor Kiene Brillenburg Wurth. She is Professor of Literature and Comparative Media at Utrecht University.
From the importance of failure and struggle to that of constraints in creativity, this thought-provoking conversation explores the advantages of challenge-based education, storytelling as a teaching medium, and creativity as a force of self-transformation.
She injects disruptions in education without overlooking the importance of knowledge and explores the demands of creativity and the effort required to succeed while re-imagining the educational context.
Go to Kiene Brillenburg Wurth’s website here
2021-06-2140 minDCU Credne Podcast - Talking CreativityWhat’s the antidote to standardisation in education? A conversation with Ron BeghettoHow important is it to have a definition for creativity? And how research on creativity can impactfully inform educational practices?
In this episode, Joe Binetti interviews Professor Ron Beghetto, the internationally recognised expert on creative thought and action in educational settings.
He describes some principles that can foster a more creative teaching approach promoting changes to existing teaching, learning, and leadership practices. He outlines the risks of the pedagogies of the sameness, providing ideas and solutions.
From the value of the learning experience to the importance of nurturing a plurality of perspectives, Ron gives pr...
2021-06-2146 minDCU Credne Podcast - Talking CreativityThe Role of Tacit Knowledge in Creativity with Kerry FreedmanIn this episode, Tim Hannigan meets Professor Kerry Freedman, Professor of Art and Design Education at Northern Illinois University and Coordinator of Doctoral Programs in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
She talks about art education, visual culture and creativity. Which is the social aspect of creativity? What is the relationship between creativity and leadership? How shall we assess creativity? Why is it essential to include failure in the learning path?
Kerry addresses these questions and tells us what education can teach other fields or disciplines about fostering and assessing creativity.
Go to Kerry Fr...
2021-06-2145 minDCU Credne Podcast - Talking CreativityResilience on the path of creativity with Jonathan PluckerWhat is the danger of standardisation in education, how important is the type of feedback provided to students, and the risks involved when engaging in a creative teaching and learning experience?
In this episode, Professor Jonathan Plucker shares with Joe Binetti his expertise and insights into the practice of creativity.
He explores the difficulties experienced by educational practitioners and students, dwelling on the importance of considering the ethical implications of teaching for creativity and giving encouragement and strategies to persist in teaching for creativity.
Go to Jonathan Pluckers’s website here
2021-06-2144 minDCU Credne Podcast - Talking CreativityLetting it flow: the power and the possibility of arts-based research with Patricia LeavyIn this episode Tim Hannigan is joined by acclaimed scholar and novelist Patricia Leavy to talk about arts-based research.
It’s a rousing and thought-provoking conversation covering transdisciplinarity, the rich possibilities of creative practice as a means of both generating and disseminating research, the ethical imperatives for public scholarship, and the exciting things that happen when academics step beyond their own comfort zone, and let things flow.
Click here for Patricia Leavy’s website
2021-06-0448 minDCU Credne Podcast - Talking CreativityCulture, community and collaboration with Jenny Siung of the Chester BeattyIn this episode, Tim Hannigan talks to Jenny Siung, Head of Education in the Chester Beatty, a brilliant Dublin museum, which works to promote the appreciation and understanding of world cultures.
The conversation explores some of the museum’s recent educational initiatives, and its engagement with creative practice. It also covers cultural spillover, the making community, the value of mistake-making and much more besides.
But the central theme is the creative potential of collaboration, between organisations, disciplines and individuals.
During the podcast, Jenny talks about a collaborative community project at Derby Museum. This is the video she ment...
2021-06-0442 minDCU Credne Podcast - Talking CreativityTalking Creativity - IntroductionA brief introduction by Dr Ciarán Dunne on the 'Talking Creativity' podcast
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2021-05-2710 minDCU Credne Podcast - Talking CreativityStephen Nachmanovitch: creativity as actionWhat is creativity? Creativity is not existent, what exists is “creating”.
In this episode, Ciarán Dunne engages with Stephen Nachmanovitch. Musician, artist, author and educator, he teaches about creativity and improvisation across many different domains.
Stephen reflects on how creativity exists as an action. The act of creation is shaped by the connections with the history of the world, social elements, multi-disciplinarity and systems. Connectivity and an empathetic environment are the fuel of creation.
2021-05-251h 02DCU Credne Podcast - Talking CreativityLarry LivingstonWhat is the function of constraints on creativity? And that of feedback? What about downfalls?
In this episode, Ciarán Dunne talks to distinguished conductor, educator, and administrator, and a highly respected motivational speaker Larry Livingston.
Sharing his life experiences, and punctuating his conversation with lively anecdotes, Larry dives into a provocative discussion about the conditions that foster creativity, the power dynamics of the classroom, and the importance of focusing on the students.
The role of failure and vulnerability is reframed and it is turned into a force for change to allow students' empowerment and the strengthening of...
2021-05-2558 minDCU Credne Podcast - Talking CreativityAurélie Boulos on creativity in higher educationWhat are the constraints faced by academics in search of creativity? Which is the role of failure in education? And that of interdisciplinarity?
In this episode, Ciarán Dunne talks to Dr Aurélie Boulos.
Aurélie has invaluable experience in the field of creativity and education enhancement. She works for the European Commission as Strategic Partnerships Manager, and was previously a project manager for UNESCO, and Educational Developer at Sorbonne Paris Cité University.
Drawing from her experience and her research, Aurélie brings us on a journey through the challenges of fostering creativity in higher education. From th...
2021-05-2539 minDCU Credne Podcast - Talking CreativityLene Tanggaard: From creative apprenticeships to creative connoisseurship with Lene TanggaardWho is allowed to be creative? Who are the gatekeepers?
In this episode, Ciarán Dunne talks to Lene Tanggaard of Aalborg University, to explore her research and to delve into her powerful arguments for approaching creativity education through an apprenticeship model.
Lene also talks about the material dimension of creativity, the role of “connoisseurship” in its assessment, and the importance of a supportive teaching and learning environment. “There are no stupid questions in a creative classroom,” she says.
2021-05-2550 minDCU Credne Podcast - Talking CreativityNot messing around! Alfonso Montuori on creativity, passion, culture and moreIn this episode, Ciarán Dunne talks to Alfonso Montuori.
Alfonso is Professor in the Transformative Inquiry Department at California Institute of Integral Studies.
He is a widely-published authority on creativity, complexity and education - and also a professional saxophonist.
This fascinating and entertaining conversation ranges from the unlikely origins of Alfonso’s own scholarly interest in creativity, to group creativity, the problems of assessing creativity and and the potential of transdisciplinarity.
Alfonso Montuori’s academic profile is here
2021-05-2548 minDCU Credne Podcast - Talking CreativityColm Ó Cuanacháin: Finding words with Fighting WordsFor this episode, Tim Hannigan joins Colm Ó Cuanacháin of the Fighting Words charity, which works with children, young people and adults using creative writing.
Colm is Fighting Words’ Education Director at Dublin City University, based in the Institute of Education.
Colm explains the Fighting Words model – based on the idea of writing as a creative skill in its own right, a teaching tool and a force for social change – and how it can be deployed in education at all levels and in all disciplines to unlock the potential of creativity.
Fighting Words website: https://www.fightingwo...
2021-05-2535 minDCU Credne Podcast - Talking CreativityIn conversation with James KaufmanLooking for an inspiring discussion of creativity and its potential?
In this episode, Joe Binetti talks to renowned creativity expert Professor James C. Kaufman of the University of Connecticut, who, with Ronald A. Beghetto, developed the influential Four-Cs model of creativity – amongst many other things.
James shares anecdotes and experiences from his multifaceted career, and provides education practitioners some key tools to understand creativity.
He takes us on a journey to appreciate the beautiful risk of being creative, and argues that it is never too late to develop our own creative potential.
James Kaufman website: http://www.j...
2021-05-2540 minDCU Credne Podcast - Talking CreativityWind&Bones: Creativity at the academic marginsCredne Research Assistant Tim Hannigan joins writers Will Buckingham and Hannah Stevens to discuss the connections between creativity and interdisciplinarity, and the creative benefits of operating at the margins of formal academia.
The conversation also covers the rich potential of teaching creative writing in intercultural and multicultural contexts, and the role of creativity in fostering social change – something Will and Hannah explore with their community interest company, Wind&Bones.
Wind&Bones website: https://www.windandbones.com/
Will Buckingham website: https://www.willbuckingham.com/
Hannah Stevens website: https://www.hannahstevenswriter.com/
2021-05-2543 minDCU Credne Podcast - Talking CreativityVlad Glaveanu: Creativity in a Social ContextWhat is creativity? How does it fit into the dynamics of a group?
In this episode, Joe Binetti talks to one of the foremost scholarly experts on creativity, Professor Vlad Glăveanu, to unravel some of its mysteries.
This rich and wide-ranging conversation explores the ramifications and importance of creativity in education, and Professor Glăveanu also explains how educational practices can benefit from a sociocultural approach to creativity, positioning it within social interactions.
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