Welcome remarks                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

• Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin, Deputy Head of CERI
• Bill Lucas, Professor of Learning, University of Winchester, UK; Chair of GIoCT Advisory Board

Keynote Speeches

Moderation: Bill Lucas, Chair of GIoCT Advisory Board

Why creativity and creative teaching and learning matter today and for tomorrow’s world (20 minutes)

• Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary-General at OECD

China’s Education Modernisation 2035 Plan and the role of creativity in education in China (15 minutes, Prerecorded)

• Limin Liu, President of China Education Association for International Exchange and Former Vice Minister of Education of China

Keynote Speeches

Moderation: Tia Loukkola, Head of CERI, OECD

An overview of creative thinking in schools across the world (20 minutes)

• Professor Bill Lucas, Chair of GIoCT Advisory Board and Co-Chair PISA Creative Thinking Test 2022 Strategic Advisory Group

Nurturing creativity through education (15 minutes)

• Gwang-Chol Chang, Chief of Section of Education Policy, UNESCO Headquarters

Creativity and sustainability: Sharing a development perspective (10 minutes)

• Hans d’Orville, Chair of the Advisory Committee International Center for Creativity and Sustainable Development and Former Assistant Director-General for Strategic Planning of UNESCO

Panel Discussion 1: Making progress in embedding creative teaching practices in schools

Moderator: Rachel Sylvester, Chair of The Times Education Commission and political columnist at The Times

Panellists:

• Laura McBain, Co-Interim Managing Director at Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University and Co-Director of K12 Lab, United States
• Michael Anderson, Professor of Creativity and Arts Education in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at The University of Sydney and Co-Director of the CREATE Centre, Australia
• Pamela Burnard, Professor of Arts, Creativities and Educations, University of Cambridge, England
• Kenneth Nally, Creative Youth Plan, Department of Education, Ireland
• Mehri Madarshahi, Former Senior Economist, United Nations Secretariat

Panel Discussion 2: Assessing students’ and teachers’ creativity formatively and summatively: promising methods and tools

Moderator: Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin, Deputy head of CERI, OECD

Panellists:

• Elodie Persem, Head of Access, Innovation and Research Unit, DEPP, French Ministry of Education
• Todd Lubart, Professor of Psychology, University of Paris[1]Descartes, France
• Richard Jones, Headteacher of Bryanston School, England
• Mario Piacentini, Senior Analyst, Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) at OECD

Welcome remarks

Bill Lucas, Professor of Learning, University of Winchester, UK; Chair of GIoCT Advisory Board    

Creative thinking in schools across the world and what schools in England can learn from this

Bill Lucas, Professor of Learning, University of Winchester, UK; Chair of GIoCT Advisory Board   

Drawing on his report, launched at the event, Bill will give a global overview of progress exploring the inclusion of creative thinking in international, national and state curricula. He will share recent research into curriculum design and pedagogy, review progress in assessing creative thinking and consider the opportunities ahead for creating new approaches to professional development for school leaders and teachers. Bill will share practical applications of his report for school leaders and teachers in England to learn from.

Professor Pam Burnard, Professor of Arts, Creativities and Educations, Cambridge University

There is a growing recognition of the need to give different types of space and time to offer students the skills and support needed to develop their own style and forms of ‘creative learning’. How do teachers move beyond the traditional question of ‘how creative is X’ (where ‘X’ is a product or person)? When teachers promote the value of diverse creativities (such as design creativity, mathematical creativity, transdisciplinary creativity) they more often enact the teaching of ‘creative thinking’ through ‘creative learning’ while co-authoring futuremaking education (that is, making sense of our flexible and multiple identities while pursuing sustainability and empowerment). In this talk the professor will share some new approaches and ways of thinking differently about ‘creative thinking’ which help to root teachers’ and learners’ practices to strong educational concepts which can unleash new creativities that matter.

Guiqing An, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, East China Normal University

In the new round of curriculum reform, China has strengthened the practice of interdisciplinary courses in the national curriculum and in the school-based curriculum. With the aim of cultivating innovative literacy, interdisciplinary learning focuses on ‘whole person’ education, comprehensive learning, integrated innovation and embodied action demonstrated through "knowledge integration, problem-solving and value creation". Through practical exploration at the district and school level, we have developed an interdisciplinary model that aims to develop innovative literacy. This model involves school-based interdisciplinary curriculum planning, course design, and unit based thematic learning. To practice this model, schools need systematic support, including professional guidelines, organizational restructuring, resource allocation, and adapted learning spaces.

Wang Bing, Principal of Jiatong University Defu Road Middle School - Xue Sheng, Physics Dep, Beicai High School - and Edward Derbyshire, Head of Drama, Pate’s Grammar School

This workshop will describe how schools involved in the Creative Lab initiative in Shanghai have focused on creativity – in curriculum development, classroom practice, and T&L plans. This will be a remote presentation of two examples, “Underwater Drone” and “Hexi Corridor”, with in situ facilitator Edward Derbyshire, leading to group discussions.

Simon Wheeler, Head of Film, and Edrys Barkham, International Admissions Consultant, Bryanston School

This workshop will draw upon experience gained at Bryanston School in the UK, an institution renowned for its success in creative, unbounded thinking. This workshop looks at the importance of allowing pupils to organise and take responsibility for their own actions. We use the example of a feature length film made by some of our Sixth Form students at Bryanston in the summer term last year both during and after their A levels exams.

Dr Michael Anderson, Professor of Creativity and Arts Education in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at The University of Sydney

This interactive session will provide an overview of some key strategies that have been employed in Australian and New Zealand schools to support and enhance Creativity and Creative Thinking. The Workshop will cover two key initiatives. The first initiative, the Creative Schools Index (CSI) has been trialed in New Zealand and Australian schools to measure Creative environments in primary and secondary schools. CSI is a collaboration between the University of Sydney and the University of Auckland and employs a multidisciplinary mixed-methods approach and features experts in education, creativity, and educational psychology. This research aims to guide stakeholders in education in benchmarking, curriculum design, and reform. The second initiative discusses learning and teaching approaches to creativity in Australian schools. The work emerges from 4C Transformative Learning’s learning and teaching of creativity embedded in the 4Cs approach in over 80 schools and early childhood centres. The workshop will conclude with a discussion of how these initiatives might support professional learning beyond Oceania.

Looking ahead - a dialogue with delegates

Facilitator: Bill Lucas, Professor of Learning, University of Winchester, UK; Chair of GIoCT Advisory Board