Researching Creative Learning Methods and Issues Edited by Pat
Thomson, Julian Sefton-Green Published November 8th 2010 by
Routledge – 214 pages It is a common ambition in society and
government to make young people more creative. These aspirations
are motivated by two key concerns: to make experience at school
more exciting, relevant, challenging and dynamic; and to ensure
that young people are able and fit to leave education and
contribute to the creative economy that will underpin growth in
the twenty-first century. Transforming these common aspirations
into informed practice is not easy. It can mean making many
changes: There are programmes, projects and initiatives that
have consistently attempted to offer such change and
transformation. The UK programme Creative Partnerships is the
largest of these, but there are significant initiatives in many
other parts of the world today, including France, Norway, Canada
and the United States. This book not only draws on this body of
expertise but also consolidates