Learning and play is essential to children’s development. This article on The Telegraph discusses the effects of ‘micromanaging’ children and how this can limit their experiences, and dampen their creativity and imagination. Continue reading for the full article. Pushy parents who micromanage their children’s lives and the pervasive “safeguarding” culture are scuppering young people’s creativity, the Children’s…
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Technology is always evolving, and some predict the world of retail could be totally different in years to come. Microsoft thinks that holograms and augmented reality technology are the future of retail and they predict it’s only a matter of time until this is commonplace in all mainstream shops. What will going shopping look like…
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Mental health has always been an important topic of discussion but hasn’t always had the exposure that it needs. With the essential need for looking after your mental health now being more widely discussed, it is now reaching the classroom. This article by HundrED, a non-profit organisation who seek and share inspiring innovations in K12…
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Some psychologists now say that music can help get your creative juices flowing by stimulating the mind to think more flexibly. In this article found on The Guardian, researchers say happy music boosts imaginative thinking and can help you out of a creative rut. Jack London hunted it down with a club. Graham Greene found…
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A group of 12 girls who became affected by the rise in homelessness in their community, built a solar powered tent to tackle the issue. Recruited by DIY Girls, a non-profit that teaches girls from low-income communities new skills, they worked six days a week to bring their vision to life. This article, originally published on…
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Andy Hargreaves, the Thomas More Brennan Chair at the Lynch School of Education, Boston College, has contributed an inspiring piece written for Imagination Matters. Andy explores how the thirst to learn that comes from a lack of knowledge, and the ideas generated in that moment of relative ignorance before you discover an answer, is what…
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China could be set to make the first contact with extra-terrestrial life with the world’s largest satellite. Completed in 2016, the 500-meter telescope has sped up the race to contact alien life, with Scientists from both Russia and America fearing China may get there first. An article found on The Atlantic looks at ‘FAST’, ‘SETI’…
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We came across a great article written by Heston Blumenthal about the importance of creativity and imagination and how the education system is failing to recognise this. He discusses how ‘Imagination and innovation has transformed our world’ and yet creative subjects continue to be marginalised. This article was originally published on The Huffington Post. As the school…
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Sir Ken Robinson, Emma Watson and Aardman Animations invite children to get involved in the Global Goals for Sustainable Development by inventing, innovating and campaigning in The World’s Largest Lesson 2016 part 2. In this inspiring video, we find out how you can use your creativity to help fight global inequality, end extreme poverty and respect our planet, in a mission to be complete 17…
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As we begin to explore our inaugural Imagination Matters theme, Future Work, the Institute of Imagination (iOi) team have been reflecting on what we first imagined we would be doing in our working lives. There are careers available now that were just developing or didn’t exist when we were at school, and with the prediction…
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