This paper delves deeply into the creative pedagogies which support cutting edge digital STEAM practice across primary and secondary school settings. It contextualises the research within current STEAM agendas including transdisciplinarity, and STEAM and technology and goes on to offer insight from the novel context of ocean learning to develop…

Bojana Nikic Vujic: English teacher, teacher trainer, television personality, and textbook author are just some of the roles she has filled during her career as an educator. While still an undergraduate, Bojana worked part-time at kindergartens in Belgrade. She took home her master's degree in English Teaching and Methodology in 2005 from the…

How might educators help young people respond to current and future challenges of a changing world? In this article, I describe how educators can design Legacy Projects to provide young people with opportunities to make positive and lasting differences in their lives, schools, communities, and beyond. The connection between legacy projects and the…

Teachers are dedicated, wise, and thoughtful change agents who need more time to identify problems they see in their schools or classrooms and work individually and collectively on solutions. They need both more time for individual planning and time to collaborate with colleagues who teach the same grades or the same subjects. A productive day of…

For all students, cognitive and social and emotional needs go hand in hand. Teachers of academically advanced students should address these intertwining needs in ways that are sensitive to what is unique about how these students think and feel. Over the years, my students have taught me several lessons about how to do just that. These lessons have…

Some compare teachers to superheroes. This problematic comparison forges unrealistic expectations for teachers (Spencer, 2019), but at this moment, it seems fitting, as thousands of art teachers rally together for the good of students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Teaching strategies needed to conform to students in no-tech, low-tech, and…

NuVu is an off-the-grid, independent "micro-school" in Massachusetts, whose 60 students are stretching the boundaries of what constitutes education in America. Instead of switching between subject-driven classes that teach a common curriculum, they follow a fluid schedule in two-week blocks, and apply math, reading, problem-solving, and…

This research brief summarizes highlights from the full report (published separately) on program evaluation activities for the 2016-2017 school year in AISD. [For the full report, see ED629313.]

Creative instruction across the curriculum is a critical pillar of the Creative Learning Initiative (CLI). This research brief summarizes key results from the full report (published separately), the second in a series of three on CLI, shares teacher's reactions to training in Creative Teaching, how and why they use it in the classroom, and how…

National research shows that students attending arts-rich schools have higher levels of motivation and better academic and social success. This two-page research brief summarizes key points from the full report (published separately), the first in a series of three on the Creative Learning Initiative, is used to track the progress of our…

New strategies can ignite teachers' imagination to create new lessons or adapt lessons created by others. In this article, the authors present the experience of an algebra teacher and his students solving linear and literal equations and explain how the use of ideas found in past NCTM journals helped bring this lesson to life. The…

The Creative Learning Initiative (CLI) is a community-wide effort to bring creative learning and the arts to each and every student in Austin. Lead by MINDPOP, the City of Austin, and Austin Independent School District (AISD), CLI designs systematic and sustainable programs that integrate creativity, creative teaching strategies, and the arts with…

To better prepare learners for the "knowledge society," educators in Singapore have embarked on a journey in experimenting with knowledge creation pedagogy in classrooms. The Knowledge Creation and Innovative Design Centre was set up to further coordinate this effort. In this article, the authors give an account of the historical…

When music lessons really jell for Marilyn Hostetler's students, there's an unmistakable energy that literally sizzles in the air. "Whether you're in the classroom, or even working with adults at a conference or workshop, when real learning happens, it becomes addictive," she says. It was that addiction that first propelled Hostetler…

In the authors' science classrooms, students respond favorably and with more enthusiasm when they engage them with doing activities and building their own connections, as opposed to simply listening to or reading about the important concepts. Creative activities are important in science classrooms because creativity is not only an integral…