Creativity Across the Primary Curriculum

This book takes an inspirational look at how to foster children's creativity as well as following the guidelines in the National Curriculum. The book:explores the nature of the creative mindinvestigates the role of play and the concept of creativityexamines appropriate continuing professional development for teacherslooks at the personal and professional identities of teachersconsiders ways of analysing and describing creative practice.This text looks at the bigger picture in education, asking what sort of systems need to be designed to develop children's learning in the 21st century. It will be a resource to teachers, head teachers and advisory staff committed to asking questions, encouraging play and not allowing problems or circumstances to block action.