Creativity, risk-taking, education: a global perspective
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Category: Creativity
Goodbye 2020 (whew), welcome 2021
2020 has been a heck of a year… and maybe in hindsight (hindsight, of course, being 2020) it will all make sense. But, I think we can all agree that it is...
China, Australia, Nepal & Australia: A zoom tour of talks
Over the past couple of months I have been asked to give presentations at a variety of different conferences or organizations spread across the world. They are ...
Embracing failure (in a first year technology course): New article
In his book The child and the curriculum; and The school and society John Dewey identified four key impulses for learning that he placed at the foundation of th...
Education in a pandemic: A crisis (and possibly) an opportunity
Last year I was in Israel to present at the Meital Conference. When I was there I was interviewed by Lior Detal, the education correspondent for TheMarker ̵...
Silly me: Narrated poems for our crazy times
Shreya and I created a video a few months back consisting of a series of narrated poems written by her (and to be fair, a few by me as well ). It was just a fun...
From brains to music: Creativity with Anthony Brandt
From Brains to Music: a Multi-Faceted Discussion of Creativity with Dr. Anthony Brandt Dr. Anthony Brandt, is Professor of Composition and Theory at Rice Univer...
Let children play: Bringing evolutionary psychology to creativity
As a part of our ongoing series on creativity we recently spoke with Dr. Peter Gray, professor of Psychology at Boston College. Dr. Gray’s interest in creativit...
Systems level change in education: New article
How do you design for change in complex systems—like education? Implementing large-scale changes within educational systems can be a challenging task. Doing so ...
Designing the futures of STEM education
“What knowledge is of most worth?” is a question asked over a 100 years ago by the English philosopher, Herbert Spencer. His unequivocal answer was—science. Thi...