by Anne Fernando | Mar 16, 2025 | Creativity and the Arts, Creativity and Theater Education, Season 10
Season 10, Episode 4 Exploring Social Activism and Creative Change in the Community “We want our students to feel heard and we want them to feel like they actually have agency. So when we work with the Creative Change Makers, the core program, we never tell them what...
by Anne Fernando | Feb 24, 2025 | Creativity and Theater Education, Creativity Science and Research, Season 9
Season 9, Episode 12 The Science Behind the Curtain: Theater’s Role in Boosting Creativity “So what we looked at was what were the psychological skills that teachers were asking students to bring to the material of a theater classroom? So these are the acting...
by FC Podcast | Dec 12, 2024 | Creativity and the Arts, Creativity and Theater Education, Season 8
Season 8, Episode 8 Theatre and Creativity: What’s the Connection? [when my students enter the room for the first time I have them make barn animal noises] and then I tell them we’ve probably done the sillyest thing possible, and everything else should feel a...
by FC Podcast | Nov 17, 2024 | Creativity and the Arts, Creativity and Theater Education, Creativity in Practice, Guest Feature, Season 7
Season 7, Episode 2 Building a Playful Classroom: Learning through Improvisation and Humor humor is not necessarily about telling jokes. It’s about creating an environment where people feel good. – Izzy Gesell Hosts & Guests Izzy Gesell Cyndi Burnett Matthew...
by Anne Fernando | Oct 24, 2024 | Creativity and Theater Education, Season 7
Season 7, Episode 10 Unlocking the Artistry Within: The Habits of Mind of Creative Engagement I think of artistry as simply making stuff you care about. And I don’t know if that’s different than creativity or not. I just know that the skills I use as an artist in my...
by Anne Fernando | Jul 3, 2024 | Creativity and Theater Education, Creativity in Practice, Guest Feature, Season 3
Season 3, Episode 2 Multi-Passionate and Reluctant Creatives “Over the last 10-15 years, I kept getting drawn into these creative endeavors, like acting classes or trying stand-up comedy or building businesses, and it took me a long time to connect the dots and...