The Future of Gifted Education: Supporting Exceptional Learners in Today’s Schools
Season 11, Episode 7 The Future of Gifted Education: Supporting Exceptional Learners in Today’s Schools ” At any grade level, in any subject area, there’s just going to be a big range. And so gifted education is really, at its core, an effort to try to...
Debrief 11 (2): Micro Schools, Measuring Creativity, and Classroom Serendipity
Season 11 | Debrief 2 Micro Schools, Measuring Creativity, and Classroom Serendipity “And particularly if they’re working with an existing micro school maybe where perhaps there’s already, you know, resources, including teachers and parents, that providing...
Microschools and Community: Rethinking Education Together
Season 11, Episode 6 Microschools and Community: Rethinking Education Together “So you think about like a homeschool parent that’s in adding a few kids from down the street and you got five kids in your living room, you are considered a microschool....
How Do We Measure Creativity? Rethinking Assessment in Education with Selcuk Acar
Season 11, Episode 5 How Do We Measure Creativity? Rethinking Assessment in Education “Creativity is multifaceted and complex. So I think by following either of those approaches, and ideally both of those approaches first, you can use creative assessment...
Imaginative, Empathetic Classrooms for Teaching Creativity
Season 11, Episode 4 Imaginative, Empathetic Classrooms for Teaching Creativity “There’s this splatter painting on this rollpaper. And it’s just nobody is working on what I had outlined. Not one person. They’re all working on this huge,...
DEBRIEFING School Vouchers, Learning to See, and Personalized Feedback
Season 11 | Debrief 1 Debriefing School Vouchers, Learning to See, and Personalized Feedback “You know, as we’re kind of like creating our routines, I think that’s an example of that everyday creativity. How do I come up with an outcome that helps students...
Teaching Creativity as a Process of Learning to See
Season 11, Episode 3 Teaching Creativity as a Process of Learning to See “Because once you start engaging in that creative process, it’s a wandering and iterative process, and something will emerge that is better than what you could have thought of at the...
Creative Teaching Through Writing: Building Classroom Community
Season 11, Episode 2 Creative Teaching Through Writing: Building Classroom Community “So I really like encouraging kids to kind of connect with nature. One of the things that we actually did on Earth Day this year, and it might be part like, I’m. My...
Why Creativity Isn’t a Priority in Education Policy
Season 11, Episode 1 Why Creativity Isn’t a Priority in Education Policy “You have got to be creative. We need to think beyond the way we thought about education before. And if it means not doing something, let’s try it on the good side.” – Dr....
Matthew Worwood
Co-Host
TMatthew Worwood is an education consultant and full-time faculty member at the University of Connecticut's Digital Media and Design Department. His research interests focus on Teacher Creativity, Co-Creativity with Generative AI, and Design Thinking.
Cyndi Burnett
Co-Host
Dr. Cyndi Burnett is the Vice-President at Curiosity 2 Create. She taught deliberate creativity at the Center for Applied Imagination at SUNY Buffalo State University for 20 years. She is the author of four books on creativity in education and co-founder of the creative thinking network.