The influence of the Creative Learning Assessment (CLA) on children's learning and teachers' teaching |
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| Authors: | Sue Ellis Becky Lawrence |
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| Institution: | Centre for Literacy in Primary Education, Webber St., London SE1 8QW, UK.http://www.clpe.co.uke‐mail: sue@clpe.co.ukb.lawrence@hillmead.lambeth.sch.uk |
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| Abstract: | This paper describes the development and use of the Creative Learning Assessment (CLA) as a means of evidencing, supporting and promoting children's creative learning in arts‐based contexts. The research team at the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) worked with a group of teachers in inner‐city Lambeth primary schools to develop an assessment system to record the impact of a creative curriculum on children's achievement and to enable schools to justify a broad‐based provision. The Assessing Learning and Communication in Creative Learning Contexts project, funded by CfBT Education Trust (CfBT), aimed to offer teachers a view of creative learning development and a framework for teacher assessment. It set out to provide a close focus on the learner and a valuable source of information for curriculum planning. This article discusses the effect of working with the CLA on children's learning and on teachers' practice through a case study of one project school, and the implications for schools and classrooms from the perspectives of the researcher and the teacher. |
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| Keywords: | creative arts creativity integrated curriculum language literacy personalised learning professional development speaking and listening talk teacher assessment |
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