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Beginning at the beginning

This report shares why creativity should be central to the UK's education system.

This report shares why creativity should be central to the UK's education system. 

Key findings:

  • To unleash the innovative capacity of the UK in the 21st century, our education system needs to operate as a whole community process.
  • Human potential for creative thinking is society’s ultimate renewable energy source and we need to ensure creative thinking is nurtured, developed, valued and shared.

We must develop a new approach to education. We need to redesign our educational curricula around the potential capacities of human beings rather than simply the perceived needs of international economies.

Author:
Anthony Sargent and Katherine Zeserson