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tapping into creativityPaul Collard on the Creative Habits of Mind and about how creativity is how we learn.Paul Collard has been the Chief Executive of Creativity, Culture and Education, where he retired from. He has 25 years’ experience of working in the arts and is an expert in delivering programs that use creativity and culture as drivers of social and economic change.'We defined the creative habits of mind: curious, inquisitive, persistent, disciplined and collaborative. I believe that creativity is the way we learn. I believe that learning is the most wonderfull thing we humans have came up with. But the tragedy is that most children are locked out of learning, by schools, who do no...2022-12-201h 12
tapping into creativityMiranda Siemelink on what happened when teachers, artists and students co-create in the Lab.Miranda Siemelink workes as a project lead at the Lab, from CultuurOost. The Lab is a professional learning community, consisting of arts educators, teachers, students from both art school and teacher training, artists, musicians and other experts.They spend 4 years working together on enhancing arts education, divided in different groups. The Lab that Miranda has worked on, one of four, was centered around maker education. Listen to her story and key learnings from this Lab. 'What do new teachers need, to do their profession around maker education? An open mind, work with open...2022-12-1331 min
tapping into creativityJane O'Hanlon on how Poetry Ireland fills the gap between writers and schoolsJane O'Hanlon, education officer of Poetry Ireland. We talk about the initiative Writers in Schools. She started as a teacher in a prison. She tells us what she learned from the inmates and still uses in her work. And she talks about how she thinks the arts help children to ask the big questions. 'The most powerfull experience of my teaching career has been reading King Lear with the inmates. They knew King Lear from the inside. It was a great example of how arts can help reflect and learn.'You can find Jane...2022-12-0648 min
tapping into creativityKlaas Dijkstra on what a 10 year long teacher artist partnership had brought to his classroomThis is a very special episode for us and of course we hope you'll enjoy it too! We are going to talk to one of our own, about the work that we are doing together. Klaas Dijkstra is teacher at Basisschool de Pijlstaart, Manja and Linda have been working with Klaas since 2011! This is a longlasting teacher-artist partnership. In this episode we'll take you with us to Klaas' classroom. What happens after such a long period of a teacher and two artists creating education together. As an example we are discussing our latest co-created project...2022-11-2944 min
tapping into creativityJolanda Schouten on how to facilitate creative process in many rolesJolanda is a visual artist, lecturer at the Utrecht School of the Arts and she works as project lead in Creatief Vermogen Utrecht, Creative Competence Utrecht. Jolanda has been working in the arts for 30 years in many roles. In this conversation we talk about her huge watercolour painting and her community arts work with refugees and Creatief Vermogen Utrecht. Creatief Vermogen Utrecht is a network of 43 creative partnerships between cultural and arts organisations and schools. In these partnerships teachers and artists work together in many different ways. The network also creates models and tools for...2022-11-2243 min
tapping into creativitySanja Krsmanović Tasić on how arts education can be seen as peace education.Sanja Krsmanović Tasić is the president of CEDEUM, a youth theater company in Belgrade, Serbia. Throughout her career she had many roles, starting out as a dancer, and slowly moving on to directing and founding many initiatives for theatre and dance.In this conversation we hear Sanja tell us about the importance of having mentors who help you grow in your professional work. And, as she makes clear, she was born in Yugoslavia and now lives in Serbia. She reminisces on working as a dancer during the war in Yugoslavia, how she missed having words as...2022-11-1543 min
tapping into creativityGeorgina Kakoudaki on how students find their voice in theatre.Georgina Kakoudaki is a theater director and pedagogue in Greece. Georgina has a big love for working with young adults. Kids from 14 or 15 should learn how to speak their minds and voice their opinions. Georgina tells us about how she approaches this work in the project: Theatre within the walls. 'Theatre can be a safe environment where you can confront yourself, explore different sides of your personality. The arts can give you a safety net, where you are allowed to think differently and experiment with thought and opinions. This is vital at the age of 14...2022-11-0832 min
tapping into creativityTania Banotti on building bridges with the Creative Ireland initiative.Tania Banotti is the director of Creative Ireland. An ambitious program that works toward enabling all people in Ireland to realize their full creative potential. Tania takes us through the programm. You'll hear about different governmental departments working together. She has a very hollistic view and is able to dream big but with realistic nuances. 'We asked the 170 Irish education Inspectors to include arts and creativity in their school visits. For example, to ask the head teacher of a school: Where does creativity live in this school, show me some examples of how you are...2022-11-0543 min
tapping into creativityMirka and Maja on how arts can empower disadvantage children to find their voice in BelgradeToday Linda talks to Maja and Mirka of Škograd, a collective of artist, teachers and other professionals. Together with kids, neigbors and staff of “Vlada Obradović Kameni” school they are talking, organizing workshops to re-think, re-imagine and together work on how to improve neighborhood of Ledine. The conversation focusses on the Summerschool that takes place every year. To see the work of Skograd, check this video with English subtitles.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1te-yZ0lKbQ&t=98sTo see more, here is the movie the kids directed and filmed at Summerschool 004 last y...2022-05-2753 min
tapping into creativitySiobhan Mulcahy on the role of local government in making arts in schools possibleToday Manja interviews Siobhan Mulcahy. She is the Arts Officer of County Clare, Ireland. Being an arts officer part of her job is to facilitate programs like TAP, teacher Artist Partnership. We explore the role of local government in making arts in schools possible and how different counties support each other by sharing expertise and knowledge.Have a look:www.clarecoco.iewww.clarearts.ie This podcast is part of I-TAP-PD. To find out more about this project go to: https://i-tap-pd.net/You'll find us on these social ne...2022-05-2649 min
tapping into creativityEdwin van Meerkerk on the words teachers and artist use in arts education.Today Linda interviews Edwin van Meerkerk. He is associate professor of Arts and Culture Studies at Radboud University. He had done extensive research in the field of arts and education, mainly around the national program Cultuureducatie met Kwaliteit in the Netherlands.In this interview we focus on his 2021 publication: Een woordenboek voor samenwerking tussen leerkracht en kunstdocent. Het programma Cultuureducatie met Kwaliteit 2017-2020. It is a dictionary for cooperation between teacher and arts teacher.When an artist and a teacher use the same words, do they mean the same things?You can find...2022-05-2549 min
tapping into creativityIngrid Krottendorfer on bringing arts and culture into the training of teachersToday Manja interviews Ingrid Krottendorfer. She is deputy of department 3 at NCoC for Cultural Education in Austria.The NCoC for Arts Education operates across Austria and across school types in the subjects Theatre, Dance, Music, Arts Education and Crafts and Design. Additionally, the NCoC is committed to promoting arts education in all school subjects.The National Center of Competence (NCoC) for Arts Education is an institution of the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF) and the University College of Teacher Education Lower Austria (PH NOE). Read more about the National center...2022-05-2445 min
tapping into creativityHara Tsoukala on how being creative helped unaccompanied refugee children in GreeceToday Linda interview Hara Tsoukala. Amongst many roles she is a founding member of the Hellenic Theatre and Drama Education network (TENet-Gr).In 2015 when Europe was confronted with the influx of refugees from countries like Syria, Iran and Afghanistan, she was heartbroken by the sights on the beaches. Amongst all these refugees there were many young boys and some girls, ranging from 10 to 18 who were unaccompanied by family or relatives. Hara, and TENet-Gr, decided to take action and initiated the project 'It could be me, It could be you' and 'Monologues across the Aegean sea...2022-05-2343 min
tapping into creativitySusan O'Keeffe, teacher, and Denise Blake, poet on creating arts education together in partnershipToday Linda interviews Susan O'Keeffe, teacher in primary education, and Denise Blake, poet. We talk about what happened during their partnership in the classroom. What did they learn from working together? And we shortly listen to Skye and Ruby who were students during this partnership.The partnership between Susan and Denise is part of TAP, an Irish initiative to aid teachers and artist to work together in partnership. What did they learn from working together. We also had a lovely conversation with Ruby and Skye, who were teenage students in the classroom where Susan and Denise worked...2022-05-2352 min
tapping into creativityTapping into creativity - trailerListen to 𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟯𝗿𝗱 - in honour of 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸.We bring stories about the magic that happens when creativity, art and education meet. Stories about creative learning from diverse European projects in schools and beyond. Stories about what happens when artists work with young people. We talk to teachers, artists, scientists, policy makers and children about the importance of creative education. Listen to the show if you're looking for inspiration for your own practice. 𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 is part of I-TAP-PD. International Teacher-Artist Partnership (I-TAP-PD) is an exciting collaboration between four European arts and education organisations. The program focuses on enabling teachers and artists to jointly develop their understanding, expertise and creativity in ‘arts in education’ work with children and young people in education, community and arts settings. During 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 we will drop one...2022-05-1705 min