Last Updated: Wednesday, February 21, 2018

A learning classroom - Brian Boyd

What is this?

​Professor Brian Boyd worked in the Faculty of Education at the University of Strathclyde for 13 years after a career that saw him hold posts as headteacher, education officer and education adviser. He was a member of the Ministerial Review Group which produced the report ‘A Curriculum for Excellence’ in 2004. Brian is a co-founder of Tapestry, an organisation that promotes leading edge thinking about learning to Scotland.  In this video clip, Brian discusses the place of “a creative flow” within learning and how to achieve that.

Who is this for?

​This video is for practitioners who want explore and understand educational thinking around Creativity and how to enable a 'creative flow' in taking forward learning.

How to use this exemplar to improve practice:

This video along with reflective questions invites you to consider the impact of your own approach to encouraging a 'creative flow' during learning and teaching. You are invited to watch the video and consider, individually or as a group, the following improvement questions:

  • How do you ensure that a creative flow is enabled during learning and teaching?
  • How do you balance the support and mediation you provide without you taking over and leading the learning process in a way that stifles creative thinking?
  • What type of questions do you use when enabling a 'creative flow' to learning?
  • How do you ensure you always use 'open questions' to enable young people to offer more than a 'yes' or 'no' answer?

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What was done?

In this video clip, Brian Boyd asserts that all young people and staff need to be encouraged to develop a 'creative flow' to get the best from their learning.

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What brought about the change?

Brian, through this video clip, wants to ensure that all children and young people are enabled to become creative thinkers demonstrating a 'creative flow' when learning.

What was the impact?

An awareness of this work leads to a focus on how children and young people can establish a 'creative flow' as they learn.