PROFESSOR BILL LUCAS, PROFESSOR GUY CLAXTON & DR ELLEN SPENCER

Assessments for Skills in Thinking and Creativity

26 April 2012

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Our approach

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What kind of creativity? Creative-mindednessWhat kind of ‘assessment’? For what purpose?Dispositions and habits, not skillsSelecting the dispositions: validity + utilityAllowing for progression: two layersDevelopment: ‘strength’, ‘breadth’ and ‘depth’

What we did

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Understanding user perspectivesUnderstanding user perspectives

Appreciative inquiry

Appreciative inquiry

InterviewsInterviews

Grounding in researchGrounding in research

Literaturereview

Literaturereview

Conceptual developmentConceptual development

CCE and CRL research team discussions

CCE and CRL research team discussions

Empirical researchEmpirical research Field trial 1Field trial 1

Field trial 2Field trial 2

Version 1

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Version 2

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What we learned

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Teachers Found our conception was useful and had face validity Were challenged to plan for creativity and reflection Made time to use the tool Were positive about using it

Pupils Learned new and useful language Recognised how creative they were Thought about how they could be more creative

Challenges Balancing comprehensiveness and utility Getting the details right

What do we hope to achieve?

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Engage the broader research, policy and practice communities in further dialogue

“We are being beaten with a rather large stick, with a Local Authority undergoing great change…With the new Ofsted [inspection] Framework looming and our old friend the 11+ [exams] ever present, it makes this project all the more vital in making staff reflect on how are we nurturing creativity and giving pupils access to their own armory of tools to ensure a love for learning and progress.” [Headteacher, South East England]

Thank you

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OECD background document available at:http://www.oecd.org/document/15/0,3746,en_21571361_49995565_49798543_1_1_1_1,00.html

CCE literature reviewSpencer, E., Lucas, B. & Claxton, G. (2012) Progression in Creativity - Developing New Forms of Assessment: A

literature review. Newcastle: CCE. Forthcoming at: http://www.creativitycultureeducation.org/category/literature-reviews

CCE project reportSpencer, E., Lucas, B. & Claxton, G. (2012) Progression in creativity: Developing new forms of assessment.

Newcastle: CCE.Available at: http://www.creativitycultureeducation.org/progression-in-creativity-developing-new-forms-of-

assessment

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