Editorial

Gerhard Kowař

The discussion of specifics is especially important at a time when the regime of management tools appears to have replaced the thorough examination and appraisal of the causes and objectives of action. The vogue of the terms “innovation” and “creativity” is a good example.

Christopher Columbus and the Microwave

Nicolette Wallmann

A theme year like the Year of Creativity and Innovation not only has a motivating effect, it also engenders criticism, triggers controversial discussions and raises a lot of questions.

Do schools kill creativity?

About the need to let schools be more organic, to work with movable people and start the shift and to give students space for mistakes.

Interview with Sir Ken Robinson

“Schools as Society’s Wishing Mirror: What Do We Want to See?”

Anton Dobart and Ernst Strouhal on the concepts of creativity and innovation, the meaningfulness of having artists as “role models”, and how we deal with “traitors to the old system”

von mitarbeitern und topüberzeugern

Kathrin Röggla

mitarbeiten, wird gesagt, das ist, was ihr autoren macht, beim fernsehen mitarbeiten, da seid ihr ja auch ständig.

The Third Pedagogue

Remodelling Schools and other Houses of Education

Reinhard Kahl

Up to now, the importance for education of the spaces in which it takes place has been underestimated. Such spaces are, in fact, the “third pedagogue”, in addition to the adults and children and young people.

Creativity and Culture – Changing Young Lives

Paul Collard

At CCE, we define creativity as “imaginative activity with outcomes that are both original and of value”. This is the definition used in the 1999 report All Our Futures, commissioned by the British Government, which led to the establishment of our major programme, Creative Partnerships.

Innovation, Research and Education: The Case of Vocational Education and Training

Tracey Burns, Francesc Pedró, Beñat Bilbao-Osorio, Katerina Ananiadou, Vanessa Shadoian

Most countries are currently facing difficult times and OECD member states are no exception. In the medium and long term, innovation will increasingly be a key not only to economic growth but also to social welfare and equity.

Creative Approaches for Innovative Action

The Council of the European Union and the Education, Youth and Culture Council decided that 2009 was to be proclaimed the “European Year of Creativity and Innovation” (EYCI), the objective being to enhance awareness of the importance of creativity and innovation in the knowledge society.

When Changes Become Necessary

Conference on Innovative Development in the Teacher-Learner Relationship

In order to even discuss the question “How do you get new things to the learners?” in the context of the EYCI, one has to reflect on how to deal with the diversities and differences among the individual learners.

Comparable Competence Levels in Europe

The European Qualifications Framework (EQF) is aimed at considerably simplifying the process of applying for jobs and working in another (EU) country in future.

When a Secondary School Gets Involved in Wiener Festwochen – A Pilot Project

“Longterm” is the keyword for ten cultural institutions which, with the support of KulturKontakt Austria, are entering into lasting partnerships with schools this spring.

Artists-in-Residence Programmes – More Than Just Mobility Promotion?

Artists-in-residence programmes are booming. Cultural policy makers and cultural events organisers see the establishment of such programmes as a chance to overcome boundaries and make a contribution to intercultural dialogue.