Idea To Value - Creativity And Innovation

In today's episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak with Prof Keith Sawyer from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. See the full episode at https://wp.me/p6pllj-1r2  Prof Sawyer is an expert researcher on creativity, and we talk about what it takes for children to learn most effectively, how teachers and schools need to adapt to new ways of teaching, and how this can teach us about becoming more creative. Topics covered in this episode: 00:01:30 - The convergence of research into learning and creativity, and how the two complement each other 00:03:15 - What the research is telling us about the difference between shallow knowledge (memorising) and deeper knowledge (required for creativity) 00:05:15 - Based on his research, Creative performance is based on a balance of general creative skills, as well as domain-specific experience and knowledge on which to build 00:07:00 - The Art Bias in schools and teaching 00:10:30 - If you teach for deeper understanding of a subject, the research shows tha