Whether or not you believe in luck, Christmas is the perfect time to explore how STEM could give magic a helping hand. Michael Faraday started the Royal Institution Christmas lectures in 1825, and today they’re the UK’s flagship science series, broadcast on the BBC. In this year’s series, Dr Hannah Fry, Professor of Mathematics at…
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Today we’d love to recommend The Story Collider, a podcast that’s setting out to show a different side of science. At iOi we’re always looking to make learning and STEM accessible for all. This podcast is a great example of making new pathways into subjects that many feel aren’t relatable. We’ve all got a story…
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Today on Imagination Matters, we’re sharing an article from Gareth Binns, Chief Executive of the Institute of Imagination, in response to The Arts for Every Child, the latest briefing paper from the Cultural Learning Alliance. It argues that arts education is not only essential to young people’s development as individuals, but the future of a…
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Last week we brought you a paper and original introduction from Dr Naomi Thompson on the potential of storytelling for teaching about youth work. This article expands that theory into STEM teaching. The key for us is in making the content relatable and fostering an emotional connection. We love how that’s explored here in terms…
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It’s great to see the education sector catching up to exploring comprehensive and creative ways to learn. Making is one of our core themes here at IM and his summer we championed the maker movement with our Mega Maker Lab. We’ll continue to create initiatives like this to help children and young people discover and…
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This project is really exciting as it combines two of our favourite themes: creative ways to learn and spaces to imagine. It’s not about maximising or constantly learning, it’s about context and environment. By taking the conversations outside the classroom to daily places like bus stops, it makes these topics accessible and relevant. It’s interesting…
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A great example of STEAM in action, with creativity and science combining to take on one of the biggest technological stories of the moment at AI: More than Human. It’s rare to have this kind of widespread access to AI; inviting people to experience it for themselves rather than read about far off labs and…
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While tackling stress is important and has wide-reaching benefits, creative practice such as music could do so much more. Applying the creative skills gained to STEM subjects can unlock even greater learnings. It’s a test of the essential nature of the ‘A’ in STEAM. Playing and practising music brings a range of health and educational…
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Too often, albeit with the best of intentions, we can be guilty of prescribing when it comes to young people and their future. Even indirectly, popular culture, science fiction and the news dictates what adults think is important for the next generation. This piece from Nominet is about a fifteen-year-old who’s changing this narrative. It…
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Exciting news about our 2019 Cultural Residency, exploring the Imagination Matters theme – Empathy. Each year here at the Institute of Imagination we run a residency inspired by one of our Imagination Matters themes. Through our Imagination Lab in Lambeth, the residencies deliver collaborative, interdisciplinary projects with visitors. Following 2018’s Places to Imagine residency and the wonderful…
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