A one day event exploring risk and failure within the education system
Failing is an essential part of learning but does our education system provide authentic learning environments that thrive on risk, experimentation and failure?
West Lothian Creative Learning Network and Hidden Giants invite you to spend a day exploring failure and how it manifests within our education system. The day will bring together examples of prototype learning conceived by creative practitioners, teachers and classes from across West Lothian. We will also hear from education specialist ‘The Real’ David Cameron.
The event will take place at Howden Park Centre, Livingston on Friday 12th June.
The event will start with registration from 9.00am will run from 9.30am until 2.30pm, lunch will be provided. This event is open to anyone who has an interest in today’s education system. Please see more information below and to book your FREE ticket please use the link below to go to Brown Paper Tickets:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1557056
Over the last 8 months West Lothian CLN and Hidden Giants have collaborated with the James Young High cluster to explore risk and failure within learning and teaching. The schools have established dangerous partnerships with 4 creative practitioners to unsettle comfort zones, intensify risk taking behaviour, and disrupt the norm.
The four groups have created experiments exploring risk within their context: a nursery, P3 class, P6 class and the CDT department in the secondary. Through these experiments the schools explored their own ‘risk thresholds’ and are ready to share them.
If you’ve ever failed in education or feel that education is failing then we invite you to join us at Howden Park Centre on Friday 12th June. It might fail, in fact, if it doesn’t, we’ll be disappointed.
West Lothian CLN and Hidden Giants
The event is part of the Emporium of Dangerous Ideas http://www.collegedevelopmentnetwork.ac.uk/fodi/festival-of-dangerous-ideas and is supported by Education Scotland and Creative Scotland.
If you would like any more information please do not hesitate to get in touch, my contact details are below. We look forward to seeing you there.
Regards
Fiona
Fiona Macfarlane
Arts Officer (Learning)
West Lothian Council
Community Arts
Howden Park Centre
Howden
Livingston
EH54 6AE
Tel :01506 773873
Email: fiona.macfarlane2@westlothian.gov.uk
www.linlithgowburghhalls.co.uk
