Thinking, Dispositions, Attitudes & Attributes Supporting Creative Habits of Mind

This page summarises the intellectual and personal characteristics that enable young people to confidently and effectively navigate the processA series of actions, changes or operations performed in the making or creating of a product or outcomes. The procedures that one goes through in... of realising the creativeBeing creative or 'creativity' relates to or involves the use of the imagination or original ideas to create something. potential of an artArt refers to a diverse range of human intellectual and expressive activities and the outcomes of those activities. Within this context art is further defined..., craftCraft can be designed as intelligent making. It is technically, materially and culturally informed. Craft is the designing and hand making of individual objects and... and designDesign shapes ideas to become practical solutions and propositions for customers and users. Design is all around us, everything man made has been designed. The... project, supporting Creative HabitsThere are some common habits of creatives that we can all use: • Indulge curiosity • Embrace failure • Take notes • Network for effect... of the Mind. The following paragraphs set out the behaviours and attributes that support creative habits of mind which underpin projects undertaken in all visual mediaDifferent materials used by artists, such as paint, charcoal, clay and thread. Media is the plural of MEDIUM. In this context, it refers to the....  

Highly effective creative habits can be established from a young age by building intuition and instinctive judgement through experience. They can also develop from focused and structured processes of reflection and collaborationA collaborative (or cooperative) learning approach involves pupils working together on activities or learning tasks in a group small enough to ensure that everyone participates. Pupils....

Establishing these behaviours and attitudesAttitude as a term of fine art refers to the posture or gesture given to a figure by a painter or sculptor. It applies to the... within the creative learning environment provides inspirational, diverse and robust experiences that equip young people with the capacity and confidence to tackle visual, technical and conceptual problems.  

Attitudes, behaviours and habits develop the intellectual and personal characteristics in children and young people that enable them to be and become confident and effective creative practitioners.

This includes:

1. Core learning behaviours 
2. A growth mindset “In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work — brains and talent are just the... (believing that a person's abilities aren't innate but can be improved through effort, learning, and persistence) and metacognition (the process of thinking about one's own thinking and learning)
3. Social and emotional intelligence 
4. Creative thinking 
5. Creative problem-solving 
6. Learning and behaviour modelsThe idea of behaviour modelling has its roots in social learning theory. This theory holds that children learn through observation. As a result, parents and teachers... here

References:

• See NSEAD's Projects for Personal and Physical Development here
• See NSEAD's Leading Change in Uncertain Times here 
• See NSEAD's Supporting Your 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... to be ‘Heard’ here 
• See ROH's Creative industry-led thinking here 
• See NSEAD's Developing Emotional IntelligenceThe ability to assess, identify, understand and control emotions; both your own and those of other people case study here 
• See NSEAD's The Power of Art to Improve Mental Health here 
• See iJADE's Thinking DrawingThe art of representing object and forms on a surface chiefly with the use of line and with pencils, crayons, pens and a variety of... by Eileen Adams here