Bridging the Gap: Imagination, Small Changes, and Being a Good Ancestor

What were the biggest lessons learned during the last five episodes in Season 4 of the Fueling Creativity in Education podcast? In this final debrief, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood sit down and reflect on episodes that discussed imagination, play, innovation, navigating failure, implementing change within a system, and being a good ancestor.

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Lessons Learned from the Last Five Episodes of Season 4 of Fueling Creativity in Education:

From Dr. Victoria Waller’s episode: Thinking and making with your hands is a powerful form of learning that goes beyond learning through cognition and reading. Spark interest in children through making. Every child has an interest, and it’s a good idea for teachers and parents to stay connected and communicative to stay aware of those interests.
From Zviko Kanyoka’s episode: Play is such an important tool that we all utilize to imagine new worlds, ideas, and solutions. Play allows us to practice what it’s like to be in the world and can help children imagine and design a better future regarding citizenship.
From Michael Hanchett Hanson’s episode: Everything has a history, including us. How might we go about being a good ancestor and leaving the world a better place for future generations? We can certainly use creativity to do this. There are values and behaviors we promote in our children, so we should assume that through this, we’re also shaping how our children are going to teach their children, and so on.
From Albert Schneider’s episode: We rarely start with a blank canvas. How we build on each other’s ideas determines the innovation and exchange of ideas we can achieve as humans. Real world creativity is all about our interactions with other people.
From Laura McBain and Ron Beghetto’s episode: There’s a difference between mistakes and failures. Mistakes happen when you’re by yourself and failures happen socially, where others might see. Whether a mistake or failure has happened to you, you experience a level of emotional vulnerability. The higher the vulnerability you feel, the more you’re impacted by the failure/mistake.
From Michael Hanchett Hanson’s episode: Everyone can relate to encountering problems while trying to implement change within a system. We have to be mindful of the systems in place when attempting to create change, like bringing creativity into the classroom. Aim for small changes because small changes can create huge impacts for students.

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Episodes Debriefed:

Creating Success for Children with Learning Differences with Dr. Victoria Waller

Bridging the Gap: Imagination, Small Changes, and Being a Good Ancestor

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