This paper argues that engaging imaginatively with ways in which statutory and further education is provided and expanding the repertoire of possible transitions into higher education, is necessary for providers both in higher education and in the contexts and phases which precede study at this level. Fostering dispositions for creativity in dynamic engagement with educational technology togeth...

This article builds on the assumption that learning to live in the knowledge society requires creativity; it points out how the school subject of computer science (CS) can contribute to that issue and presents results of a study concerning how students think about CS and creativity after experiencing creative programming. A strong connection between creativity and CS was described by the studen...

OBJECTIVE This systematic review aimed to identify the types of nursing course structure that promotes students' creative thinking and creativity. DESIGN Systematic review. DATA SOURCES Five electronic databases: The British Nursing Index, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Scopus and Ovid Medline. REVIEW METHODS The databases were systematically searched to identify studies that discussed the concept of ...

In this short paper we present the conceptual framework underlying research projects in a newly established research studio concerned with the design of technology-augmented creative environments. The studio investigates design-oriented collaborative environments for inspirational learning with demands on discovery and creative spaces. This is integrated with inquiries into artistic performance...

This paper describes AddizionarioPLUS, the updated and extended version of Addizionario. Addizionario – a hypermedia linguistic laboratory in which children being from 5 to 12 years old can study Italian as their native or second language at various levels of difficulty and from different points of view – was developed by the Institute for Computational Linguistics of the National Research Coun...

This paper reports on a systematic review of 210 pieces of educational research, policy and professional literature relating to creative environments for learning in schools, commissioned by Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS) . Despite the volume of academic literature in this field, the team of six reviewers found comparatively few empirical studies published in the period 2005-2011 providin...

This paper reports on one dimension of a longitudinal study that researched the impact on student creativity of a unique intervention program for elementary students. The intervention was based on the National Profile and Statement (Curriculum Corporation, 1994a, 1994b) for the curriculum area of Technology. The intervention program comprised project-based, collaborative and thematically-integr...

Disruptive technologies have found traction in the construction industry, affecting long established processes and rendering old methods of design communication and construction management increasingly obsolete. Pressure is on traditional Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) schools in academic institutions to respond to this paradigm shift in industry. Common among engineering scho...

Introduction Few things influence us as much as colour and few things engage and interest people as much as colour. Colour plays an essential role in the environment in which we live, whether it is at our place of work, in the public environment or in our home. To choose the right colour is necessary to attain the desired effect in colouring and design, both in the colouring of our environment ...