We are all limited by our imaginations but some people are able think
freshly about something and in doing so open up new possibilities for
themselves and others. Imagination (to cause to come into existence)
and creativity (the ability to create) are inextricably linked. Creativity
involves first imagining and then working with the imaginative ideas
to produce new things. It could be new knowledge, a new process, product
or performance or any combination of these things. Higher education
is faced with preparing students for a complex world. We need people
with imagination and creativity to cope with and exploit such complexity.
The Higher Education Academy's Imaginative Curriculum network-based
project is seeking to foster course designs that encourage students
to be creative. We believe that many of the characteristics of designs
for creative learning are those found in learning strategies that are
process-based i.e. in which the process of learning is as important
as the outcomes.
Most recent update: Wednesday 27 October 2004. (Additions
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Contact: norman.jackson@ltsn.ac.uk