Learning Without Limits 1 : Using Art to Develop Critical and Creative Thinking

How to challenge and involve pupils of all abilities by teaching the key skills of critical and creative thinking through paintings, pictures and prints. Learning without Limits has been created through looking at the practical experiences of teachers seeking to foster critical and creative thinking abilities in all their pupils. The materials in this pack will help all teachers to: * Recognise the value of building a repertoire of techniques to teach thinking through looking at examples of important art * Learn and understand the core principles of critical and creative thinking and how to apply these in all lessons * Explore 6 techniques in detail and learn how to apply these to lessons they have already planned * Refine and adapt the techniques to meet the needs of specific groups of pupils including able learners * Extend and enrich their teaching of critical and creative thinking as part of a creative and developmental process * Analyse and reflect on the processs of teaching critical and creative thinking * Develop confidence in talking and learning at deeper levels of meaning with all pupils This pack can be integrated with the Imaginative Mind's Intelligent Learning Programme and can also be used on its own.