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The Anna Craft Memorial Lecture

This panel discussion marks the culmination of a decade-long series celebrating the profound contributions of Anna Craft to the field of creativity and education. This final session aims to:

Honour her legacy by reflecting on her impactful ideas on creativity;

Explore the continued relevance of her research in fostering creativity in educational settings;

Inspire future innovation in the field of creativity research and practice.

The panel discussion will be led by past and present SIG leads, including Dr Kerry Chappell, Prof Teresa Cremin, Dr Victoria Kinsella, and Dr Lisa Stephenson. This panel will facilitate dialogue with three invited speakers who will explore the impact of Anna’s research on their own work.

Draft Programme

16:00pm          Welcome and Introduction; Kerry Chappell, Teresa Cremin, Victoria Kinsella,
                             Lisa Stephenson

16:10pm            Panel Discussion

17:20pm            Reflections on Anna Craft’s Legacy

17:50pm            Closing Remarks; Kerry Chappell, Teresa Cremin, Victoria Kinsella, Lisa Stephenson

18:00pm            Close of Event

Speakers

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Jo Trowsdale, Dr

Senior Lecturer at Birmingham Newman University

Jo Trowsdale is a senior lecturer at Newman University Birmingham. She is a former teacher, teacher educator (primary and secondary) and director of a creative learning programme supporting more than 160 schools in addressing development issues...

Chairs

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Victoria Kinsella, Dr

Associacate Professor in Arts, Creativity and Education at Birmingham City University

Dr. Victoria Kinsella is Senior Research Fellow in Education at Birmingham City University. Victoria has researched widely in the field of the arts education and creativity. She has worked on a number of creative arts research projects in various...

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Lisa Stephenson, Dr

Reader (Associate Professor equivalent) at Leeds Beckett University

Lisa Stephenson is a Senior Lecturer in the school of Education at Leeds Beckett University, leading MA Creativity in Education and teaching across ITE. She is founding director of Story Makers Company a practice-based research...

Teresa Cremin, Professor

Professor in Education (Literacy) at The Open University

Professor Teresa Cremin is a Professor of Education (Literacy) at The Open University in the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies. Professor Cremin is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences,(AcSS) the Royal Society of the Arts...

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Kerry Chappell, Professor

Associate Professor at University of Exeter

Associate Professor Dr Kerry Chappell leads the Creativity and Emergent Educational futures Network (CEEN) and the MA Education Creative Arts Programme at University of Exeter. She researches creativity in education in the arts, transdisciplinary...