Slides used on 13th August 2012 with Vikbolandet school and pre-schools

1. Creativity, Entrepreneurship and Motivation
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3. “All children are
creative. The problem
is how to remain
creative once they
grow up.”
Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan
Nepomuceno María de los Remedios
Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr
Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso (1881 –1973)

4. The French don’t
know the meaning
of “entrepreneur”

5. Motivation … Expectancy-Value Theory (Eccles, 2000)
Application = value x expectation

6. Do we focus on who is the best or whether they are making progress?
92 90 90
85 86 85
73 78 84
64 70 78
43 41 40
32 35 34

7. Industrial Era – Education according to IQ and “gifts”

9. Can we predict which children are clever, creative or sporty?

11. Olympic coverage broadcast by the BBC on 9th August 2012

12. Jamaica 1 – 2 – 3
Nature or Nurture?

13. What is the balance between nature and nurture?

14. Creator of the first IQ test, 1901
Alfred Binet
1857 - 1911

15. Henry H Goddard Lewis Terman

17. Binet appealed against the Stanford-Binet IQ test
“Some recent philosophers
have given their moral
approval to the deplorable
verdict that an individual’s
intelligence is a fixed
quantity, one which cannot be
augmented. We must protest
and act against this brutal
pessimism - it has no
foundation whatsoever.”

18. What is the balance between nature and nurture?

19. Do some people have “gifts”?

20. Have these two men got a “gift” for entrepreneurship?
Ingvar Kamprad, IKEA Richard Branson, Virgin

21. And was it a “gift” that caused these two to be creative?
Joanne Kathleen Rowling Astrid Lindgren

22. Carol Dweck, Professor of Psychology and author of Mindset
“One of the most
damaging aspects of the
“gift” mentality is that it
makes us think we can
know in advance who
has the gift …
This, I believe, is what
makes us try to identify
groups who have it and
groups who don’t.”

23. This is a self-portrait by 3 year old Aelita Andre

24. What is the balance between nature and nurture?

27. Independent and Intuitive and Sharp and quick-
intellectual
Aquarius sympathetic
Pisces witted
Aries
Like to be different Vague & careless Procrastinator
Strongly Very versatile and Shrewd and
determined
Taurus adaptable
Gemini cautious
Cancer
Self indulgent Inconsistent Indecisive & moody
Broad-minded and Practical and Easygoing and
expansive
Leo diligent
Virgo sociable
Libra
Bossy & intolerant Overcritical & harsh Prone to daydream
Powerful and Intellectual and Very disciplined and
passionate
Scorpio philosophical
Sagittarius focused
Capricorn
Obsessive Tactless & restless Fatalistic

28. Self-fulfilling prophecies

31. The effects of different types of praise
Mueller and
Dweck, 1998
In six studies, 7th
grade students
were given a
series of
nonverbal IQ
tests.

32. Mueller and Dweck, 1998
Intelligence praise
“Wow, that’s a really good score. You must be smart at this.”
Process praise
“Wow, that’s a really good score. You must have tried really
hard.”
Control-group praise
“Wow, that’s a really good score.”

33. Number of problems solved on a 3rd test
6.5
6
Effort Praise
5.5
Control Praise
5 Intelligence Praise
4.5
Trial 1 Trial 3

34. Boys get 8 times more criticism than girls

35. Using graphs to show progress
90
50
65
30
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

36. Where am I going?
How am I doing?
What are my next steps?
Three key questions for assessment capable students

40. Sharp pencil ✔
Title ✔
Date ✔
Capital Letters ✔
Full stops ✗
Describe the character ✔
Describe the place ✗
First, next, then, finally ✔
And, but, so, while, because ✗
Fun action words (bounded, sprang) ✔
Rhyming words (loud, proud, crowd) ✔

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