ICEAC

Creative Learning & Innovative Teaching: A study on Creativity and Innovation in Education in EU Member States

Starting date: December 2008
Duration: December 2010

Client: European Commission, Directorate General for Education and Culture, Unit Jean Monet, partnerships and relations with agencies (EAC A3)

Objective: The objective of this study was to provide a better understanding of how innovation and creativity are framed in the national and/or regional objectives and applied in practices of education at primary and secondary level. The study collected and analysed the present state of the affairs in the member states on the role, if any, of creativity and innovation in national school curricula and in teaching and learning practices.

Description: The ICEAC study provided an overview of creativity and innovation in obligatory schooling. It covered primary and secondary education in all Member States. It consisted of:

• A literature review on Creativity and Innovation in Education
• A scoping and a validation workshop (see below)
• An analysis of the frequency of use of the words "creativity", "innovation" and some selected synonyms
• A survey with teachers
• Interviews with Educational stakeholders
• Analysis of Good Practices
• A final report bringing together the results of the previous phases

Workshops

1-2 June 2010: Validation workshop on Creative Learning & Innovative Teaching, held in Seville, Spain.

For the workshop agenda, please click here. The aim of the workshop was to validate the different phases of the study and to disseminate preliminary results. For the presentations, please see below:

• Welcome and introduction by David Broster and Yves Punie (IPTS)
• Literature review: The problem of creativity in education by Anusca Ferrari (IPTS)
• The analysis of curricula by Werner Korte (Empirica)
• A European-wide survey of teachers: questionnaire and dissemination by Caroline Kearney (EUN)
• A European-wide survey of teachers: opinions and practices by Anusca Ferrari (IPTS)
• A European-wide survey of teachers: ICT and training by Romina Cachia (IPTS)
• Interviews with stakeholders and experts and good practices by Carlo Perrotta (Futurelab) and Shakuntala Banaji (IOE)
• The policy agenda: the contribution of Creativity and Innovation in Education to EU 2020 by Yves Punie (IPTS)

23-24 February 2009: Scoping workshop on Creative Learning & Innovative Teaching, held in Seville, Spain.

For the workshop agenda, please click here. For IPTS presentations made at the workshop, please see below:

• Introduction to IS Unit and previous studies

• ICEAC study outline

• ICEAC methodology

• The role of ICT for Learning

The following experts took part in the workshop. Click on their names to see their presentations:

Ernesto Villalba (CRELL-JRC); Michela Ott (ITD CNR –  Italy); Eliza Stefanova (University of Sofia – Bulgaria); Dominic Wyse (University of Cambridge – UK); Avril Loveless (University of Brighton –  UK); Maria Odete Valente (Universidade de Lisboa – Portugal); Marta Hunya (Institute for Educational Research and Development ­– Hungary); David Cebriàn (Increa – Spain); Sandra Dingli (University of Malta – Malta); Sue Ellis (CLPE – UK), Francesc Esteve (Universitat Jaume I); Chryso Christodoulou (DIGIPRO – Cyprus); Keimpe de Heer (Creative Learning lab – Holland); Patrick Lilja (University of Gothenburg – Sweden).

Dissemination Activities

Related Events:

• 10-13 March 2011: IADIS International Conference eSociety
  
• Presentation: The Potential Of Ict For Creative Learning And Innovative Teaching
• 27 May 2010: Lunchtime Conference, EAC (Brussels)
• Presentation: If you look for creativity in schools in Europe, will you find it?
• 06-7 May 2010: Creative Cluster (Reggio Emilia)
  
• Presentation: Creativity in Schools in Europe: A survey on Teachers
• 16-17 December 2009: Create. Innovate. Grow - Closing Conference of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation (Stockholm):
  • Press Release: Teachers in Europe believe that creativity is fundamentally important at school and that ICT can help enhance it
  • Brochure: Creativity in Schools in Europe: A survey of Teachers
  • Presentation: Creativity in schools in Europe – A survey of teachers in Workshop 2: Culture for a new creative generation
  • Conference page
• 28 May 2009: Presentation of the role of ICT as a driver for creative learning and innovative teaching at DG EAC / DG JRC-CRELL International conference on measuring creativity (Brussels)

Related Publications:

Reports:

• Final Report: Creative Learning and Innovative Teaching: Final Report on the Study on Creativity and Innovation in Education in EU Member States. R. Cachia, A. Ferrari, K. Ala-Mutka, Y. Punie (2010)
• Survey Report: Creativity in Schools: A Survey of Teachers in Europe. R. Cachia, A. Ferrari (2010)
• Interviews Report: Expert Perspectives on Creativity and Innovation in European Schools. Authors: Dr S. Banaji, Dr S. Cranmer, Dr C. Perrotta. Editors: R. Cachia, A. Ferrari, Y. Punie (2010)
• Good Practices Report: Creative and Innovative Good practices in Compulsory education in Europe. Authors: Dr S. Banaji, Dr S. Cranmer, Dr C. Perrotta. Editors: R. Cachia, A. Ferrari, Y. Punie (2010)
• Brochure: Creativity in Schools in Europe: A survey of Teachers and Spanish Summary of the Survey published by the Spanish Ministry of Education.
• Curricula Report: The Role of Creativity and Innovation in School Curricula in the EU27: A content analysis of curricula documents. Authors: Gregor Heilmann and Werner B. Korte
• Literature Review: Innovation and Creativity in Education and training in the EU Member States: Fostering Creative Learning and Supporting Innovative Teaching. Literature Review on Innovation and Creativity in E&T in the EU Member States (ICEAC). R. Cachia, A. Ferrari, Y. Punie (2009)

Scientific Publications:

• Ferrari, A., Cachia, R., & Punie, Y. (2011). Educational Change through Technology: A Challenge for Obligatory Schooling in Europe. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 6964, pp. 97-110.
• Cachia, R., Ferrari, A., & Punie, Y. (2011). The potential of ICT for Creative Learning and Innovative Teaching. Paper presented at the IADIS International Conference eSociety 2011, Avila, Spain (Published in the conference proceedings).
• Ferrari A. (2010). Creatività e Tic nella scuola dell’obbligo: un’inchiesta su opinioni e pratiche degli insegnanti. TD-Tecnologie Didattiche, 50, pp. 30-38
• Ferrari, A., Cachia, R. & Punie, Y. (2009) ICT as a driver for creative learning and innovative teaching, pp. 345-367 in MEASURING CREATIVITY. Proceedings for the conference “Can creativity be measured?” Brussels, May 28-29, 2009, Edited by Ernesto Villalba, EUR 24033 EN.
  
  

Contact

Project Leaders: Romina Cachia, romina.cachia(at)ec.europa.eu and Anusca Ferrari, anusca.ferrari(at)ec.europa.eu

Theme Leader: Yves Punie, yves.punie(at)ec.europa.eu