Creative Thinking: Reimagining from Hong Kong

How does an Asian lens reshape the way we think, teach and innovate?

This interactive session introduces Masters students and other attendees to key findings from the Hong Kong Report on Asian Conceptions of Creative Thinking, as a springboard for questioning how creative thinking is understood, taught, integrated and valued. Rather than assuming creativity is a universal or predominantly Western construct, the session explores distinctive Asian perspectives on originality, imagination, tradition, identity, risk, collaboration and social contribution.

 

About the Speaker:

Professor Anne Bamford OBE is Strategic Director of the Education and Skills for the City of London. Anne has been recognized internationally for her research in creativity, lifelong learning and technology. She instigated the term, ‘fusion skills’ to describe the competencies needed for flourishing now and into the future. Through her research, she has pursued issues of innovation, social impact and equality and diversity. A world scholar for UNESCOs, Anne has conducted major national impact and evaluation studies for the governments of Denmark, The Netherlands, Belgium, Iceland, Hong Kong, Ireland and Norway. Amongst her numerous articles and book chapters, Anne is author of the “Wow Factor: Global research compendium on the impact of the arts in education” which has been published in five languages and distributed in more than 40 countries.