Creative Habits of Mind Wheel

This definition of creativityCreativity is a characteristic of someone or some process that forms something new and valuable. The created item may be intangible or a physical object. Scholarly interest in creativity is found in a number of disciplines, primarily psychology, business studies, and cognitive science. Creativity is a tendency to generate, make or recognise ideas, propositions and possibilities that bring into existence something new, innovative or different. Imaginative activity fashioned so as to produce outcomes that are both original and of value. Creativity is the ability to create items that inspire and inform others, often in aesthetically pleasing ways. Creativity is thinking outside of society's norm. It is being able to express oneself in different varieties of arts - painting, poetry, sculpture, style, fashion, etc. – The Creative HabitsThere are some common habits of creatives that we can all use:
• Indulge curiosity
• Embrace failure
• Take notes
• Network for effect
• Persist
of Mind, comes from the work of Guy Claxton, Bill Lucas and Ellen Spencer of the Centre for Real World Learning at Winchester University (2013) ‘Progression in Student Creativity in School: First steps towards new forms of formative assessment’ - OECD Education Working PapersPaper comes in many different shapes, textures, weights colours and sizes. No 86. Paris: OECD Publishing.

It is a formative assessmentIn education, the term assessment refers to the wide variety of methods or tools that educators use to evaluate, measure, and document the academic readiness, learning progress, skill acquisition, or educational needs of students. tool in that it can help pupils to:-

• develop a shared language of creativity
• reflect, self assess and value their own creativeBeing creative or 'creativity' relates to or involves the use of the imagination or original ideas to create something. skillsTechniques and attributes acquired through learning, engagement and practice/disposition
• gather supporting evidence
• track their progressIn education, progress refers to a student's grasp of essential knowledge and educational skills. In the past, a student was considered to be progressing if they were rapidly moving on to new topics and material. Source. over time
• be more self-aware of when they are using their creative skills
• seek opportunities to be more creative
• to identify future learning goals

It can help creative professionals and teachers to:-

• have a shared language of creativity across the school community
• to create a dialogue in the school about the value of developing creative skills
• consider how to build opportunities for creative skill development in learning
• develop their practice
• support reflection and goal setting with learnersA learner is an individual who is willing to learn and understand new things. Learning is a process of understanding and acquiring knowledge of new things and concepts. An individual can be a learner at any point in time they want. Factors like age, gender, etc., do not come in between the learning of the learner..