Financial literacy and innovation for

young people

Diane Fisher-Naylor Director of Programme Development

Creativity, Culture & Education

High-level conference on global and European

trends in financial education

22-23 May 2014 - Istanbul, Turkey

What do we at CCE do?

• We are a UK based, international NGO

• We design and support programmes intended to develop

the creativity of children & young people

• Creative Partnerships - UK, Lithuania, Norway, Germany,

Czech Republic, Hungary, Pakistan & Vietnam

• Amsterdam, Western Australia, South Korea

• Artists in Creative Education – European project

• ICEnet - International Creative Education Network

• CERI – OECD

Knowledge transfer, systemic interventions, professional

development, research & quality assurance

What is Creative Partnerships

all about?

• The creativity of young people,

raising their aspirations &

achievements

Supporting:

• schools to address their real

challenges & priorities

• teachers to develop creative

approaches to teaching and

learning – how not what

• artists and creative practitioners to

work successfully in schools

What do we mean by creativity & why is it

important?

Inquisitive Wondering and Questioning

Exploring and Investigating

Challenging assumptions

Persistent Tolerating uncertainty

Sticking with difficulty

Daring to be different

Imaginative Playing with possibilities

Making connections

Using intuition

Disciplined Crafting and Improving

Developing techniques

Reflecting critically

Collaborative Cooperating appropriately

Giving and receiving feedback

Sharing the ‘product’

Photo: Pupil, Island of Dreams,

St Bartholomew's Primary School

What happens in Creative

Partnerships?

• Schools apply to take part in the

programme by identifying an issue

they want to address

• Schools are assigned a specially

trained Creative Agent

• A project/ programme of work is

developed in the curriculum

• Planning & evaluation framework

• Artists/creative practitioners work

with teachers and pupils in the

classroom

• Everyone reflects on the learning

Birches Head High School

Kinglands Primary School

Issue/Problem

Teachers observe

impact on pupils

Space where normal

school operating rules

don’t apply

Teachers apply the

new approach to their

daily teaching practice

•Improved confidence

•Greater motivation

•Better collaboration

•Greater resilience

•Better discipline

•Improved attainment

What are the characteristics of the space?

Low Functioning High Functioning

Role of the teacher

Nature of activities

Organisation of time

Organisation of space

Approach to tasks

Visibility of processes

Guided

Contrived

Bellbound

Classroom

Individual

Hidden

Static

Ignored

Ignored

Some

Directed

Challenging

Authentic

Flexible

Workshop

Group

High

Mobile

Central

Acknowledged

Location of activities

Self as learning resource

Inclusiveness

Role of learner

Emotion

All

Self managing

High Functioning

Physically engaged

Socially engaged

Emotionally engaged

Intellectually engaged

High performance

Well Being Confidence

www.creativitycultureeducation.org

www.creativepartnerships.com

Is Creative Partnerships a model

that can make financial education

work for young people?